Uyvar Eyalet () was an

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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. It was established during the reign of

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. In 1663 the Ottoman expeditionary force, led by Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed, defeated the Habsburg Monarchy's garrison of the city of Uyvar (today known as

Nové Zámky Nové Zámky (; ) is a town in Nové Zámky District in the Nitra Region of southwestern Slovakia. Geography The town is located on the Danubian Lowland, on the Nitra River, at an altitude of 119 metres. It is located around 100 km fr ...

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) and conquered the region. In 1664, they lost the northern part along with the fortresses

Hlohovec Hlohovec (, Hungarian ''Galgóc''), is a town in southwestern Slovakia, with a population of 21,508. Name The name comes from ''*Glogovec'', the Old Slavic name for a place densely overgrown by hawthorn. The Hungarian form ''Galgóc'' was ado ...

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and

Levice Levice (; , Hungarian pronunciation: ; ) is a town in western Slovakia. The town lies on the left bank of the lower Hron river. The Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavic name of the town was ''Leva'', which means "the Left One". The town is located i ...

. The

Peace of Vasvár The Peace of Vasvár was a treaty between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Empire which followed the Battle of Saint Gotthard of 1 August 1664 (near Mogersdorf, Burgenland), and concluded the Austro-Turkish War (1663–64). It held for abo ...

recognised Ottoman control over the remaining part of the eyalet. It was returned to Austria after the signing of the

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in 1699. Residents of Uyvar paid 50 Akçe per head for Jizya as compared with the standard rate of one gold ducat (equivalent in the period to around 200 Akçe). The province's payment of a yearly sum of 1,090,150 Akçe to the treasury by 20,183 non-Muslim Jizya payers, amounting to 50 Akçe per head.Ottoman Warfare 1500-1700, Rhoads Murphey, 1999, p.258

Administrative divisions

The sanjaks of Uyvar Eyalet in the 17th century: By

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# Sanjak of Litova # Sanjak of Novigrad # Sanjak of Hulichk # Sanjak of Boyak # Sanjak of Shaswar

Sources

External links

Map of Uyvar Eyalet
{{Subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire Eyalets of the Ottoman Empire in Europe Ottoman period in Slovakia Ottoman period in Hungary 1663 establishments in the Ottoman Empire 1685 disestablishments in the Ottoman Empire