| Eyalet-i Aydın | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||
| 1827–1864 | |||||||||
 The Eyalet of Aidin in 1861 | |||||||||
| Capital | Aydın (1827-1841; 1843-1846) İzmir[1] (1841-1843; 1846-1864) | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| • Coordinates | 38°04′N 28°15′E / 38.06°N 28.25°E | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1827 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1864 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Turkey | ||||||||
The eyalet of Aidin, also known as eyalet of Smyrna or Izmir (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت آیدین; Eyālet-i Aydın)[2] was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire.
After the Janissary corps was abolished in 1826, the administrative divisions of the Empire were changed, and the Eyalet of Anatolia was divided into 4. In 1841, the capital was moved to İzmir, only to be moved back to Aydın in 1843. Three years later, in 1846, the capital was moved to Izmir once again. With the adoption of the vilayet law in 1864, the eyalet was re-created as the Vilayet of Smyrna.[3]
Administrative divisions[edit]
Sanjaks of the Eyalet in the mid-19th century:[4]
- Sanjak of Saruhan (Manisa)
- Sanjak of Sığla (Izmir)[5]
- Sanjak of Aydın (Aydın)
- Sanjak of Menteşe (Muğla)
- Sanjak of Denizli (Denizli)
References[edit]
- ^ The Competitive Geography, p. 342, at Google Books By Robert Johnston
- ^ "Some Provinces of the Ottoman Empire". Geonames.de. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.,
- ^ Ula: an Anatolian town, p. 80, at Google Books By Peter Benedict
- ^ The three eras of Ottoman history, a political essay on the late reforms of ..., p. 74, at Google Books By James Henry Skene
- ^ Dictionnaire géographique de l'Empire ottoman by Konstantin Georgievich Mostras. Page 14