Shahrizor Eyalet (, ) was a semi-independent

eyalet Eyalets (, , ), also known as beylerbeyliks or pashaliks, were the primary administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire. From 1453 to the beginning of the nineteenth century the Ottoman local government was loosely structured. The empire was a ...

of the

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covering the area of present-day

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History

When the

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conquered the region in 1554, they decided to leave the government of the region to

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leaders, so it was not incorporated directly into the Ottoman administrative system. The governors were members of Kurdish clans, and only rarely were there Ottoman garrisons in the province. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the eyalet came to be dominated by the

Baban Baban () was a Kurdish emirate existing from the 16th century to 1850, centered on Sulaymaniyah. The Baban Principality played an active role in the Ottoman-Safavid conflict and gave significant military support to the Ottomans. They were in c ...

clan. The members of this clan were able to maintain their rule by guaranteeing the security of the Ottoman Empire's volatile border with Iran in exchange of almost full autonomy. The Sanjak of Baban, which included the town of

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, was named after the family. The Baban considered the Kurdish princes of

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, who controlled the Iranian portions of Kurdistan, to be their natural rivals, and in 1694 Sulayman Beg Baban invaded Iran and defeated the mir of Ardalan. After 1784, the Babans moved their capital to the new town of Sulaymaniya, which was named after the dynasty's founder. In 1850 the rule of the Babans was finally brought to an end, and the region was placed under the direct control of the governor of

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in 1862. However, the fall of the

s led to a deterioration of the relations between the Kurdish clans, and the resulting anarchy was only ended with the rise of another Kurdish clan, the Barzanji, in the early 20th century.

Administrative divisions

Sanjaks of Sharazor Eyalet in the 17th century: # Sarujek #

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# Kesnan (today Keshaf, abandoned settlement in Makhmur District) # Sheher-bazar # Jenguleh # Jebel-hamrin # Hazar-Mardud # Alhuran # Merkareh # Hazir # Rudin # Tiltari # Sebeh # Zenjir (Zinjir Kale in Tamar) # Ajub # Abrumaz #

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# Perteli # Bilkas # Aushni # Kala-Ghazi #

Sanjak of Shahrizor The Sanjak of Shahrizor (, ), previously the Sanjak of Baban, later briefly renamed to the Sanjak of Kirkuk () (), was a second-level administrative division (Sanjak) of the Ottoman Empire, founded in 1534. The name Shahrizor comes from the region ...

Sanjaks between 1680 and 1702: #

# Hûdî (Didan Tribe) # Cebel # Kızılca Kale # Serücek # Şehr-i Bazâr # Zengene # Bâvî #

# Karadağ #

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# Şembarân # Kâddaş and

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# Ça'an Gediği # Şemâmek # Dulkıran #

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(''Baban'') # Hezârmerd

References

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