| Eyālet-i Hersek | |||||||||
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| Autonomous Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||
| 1833–1851 | |||||||||
 Flag | |||||||||
 The Herzegovina Eyalet in the 1850s | |||||||||
| Capital | Mostar | ||||||||
| Demonym | Herzegovinians | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| • Coordinates | 43°20′N 17°48′E / 43.333°N 17.800°E | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| Pasha | |||||||||
• 1833-51 | Ali-paša Rizvanbegović | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1833 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1851 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | |||||||||
The Eyalet of Herzegovina (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت هرسك; Eyālet-i Hersek,[1] Serbo-Croatian: Hercegovački pašaluk) was an administrative division (eyalet) of the Ottoman Empire from 1833 to 1851. Its last capital was Mostar.
History[edit]
In 1831, Bosnian kapudan Husein Gradaščević occupied Travnik, demanding autonomy and the end of military reforms in Bosnia.[2] Ultimately, exploiting the rivalries between beys and kapudans, the grand vizier succeeded in detaching the Herzegovinian forces, led by Ali-paša Rizvanbegović, from Gradaščević’s.[2] The revolt was crushed, and in 1833, a new eyalet of Herzegovina was created from the southern part of the eyalet of Bosnia and given to Ali Agha Rizvanbegović as a reward for his contribution in crushing the uprising.[2] This new entity lasted only for 18 years, that is, for the rest of Rizvanbegović's life: he was executed when the Porte discovered he was secretly building an independent power base. After Rizvanbegović's death, it was reintegrated into the Bosnia eyalet.
Administrative divisions[edit]
The Pashaluk of Herzegovina was formed from following kazas:[citation needed] Prijepolje, Pljevlja with Kolašin and Šaranci with Drobnjak, Čajniče, Nevesinje, Nikšić, Ljubinje-Trebinje, Stolac, Počitelj, Blagaj, Mostar, Duvno and half of the county of Konjic which is on southern side of Neretva.
References[edit]
- ^ "Some Provinces of the Ottoman Empire". Geonames.de. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ a b c Gábor Ágoston; Bruce Alan Masters (2009-01-01). Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. Infobase Publishing. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-4381-1025-7. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
- Dr. Lazar Tomanović, Petar Drugi Petrović, Njegoš kao vladalac, Državna Stamparija (1896).
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