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Eyalet of Bosnia

Bosnia Eyalet
Eyalet-i Bosna
Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire

1580–1867
 

Location of Bosnia Eyalet
Bosnia Eyalet in 1683
Capital Bosna-Saray (now Sarajevo)
(1520–1553)
Banja Luka
(1553–1639)
Bosna-Saray (now Sarajevo)
(1639–1699)
Travnik
(1699–1832)
History
 •  Established 1580
 •  Disestablished 1867
Area
 •  1856 70,038 km2(27,042 sq mi)
Population
 •  1732 340,000 
 •  1787 600,000 
Today part of  Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Croatia
 Serbia
 Montenegro

The Eyalet of Bosnia (Ottoman Turkish: Eyalet-i Bosna‎,Serbo-Croatian: Bosanski pašaluk) or Bosnia Beylerbeylik (Turkish: Bosna Beylerbeyliği, Bosnian: Bosanski beglerbegluk) was an eyalet (also known as a beylerbeylik) of the Ottoman Empire, mostly based on the territory of the present-day state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Prior to the Great Turkish War, it had also included most of Slavonia, Lika, and Dalmatia in present-day Croatia. Its reported area in the 19th century was 20,281 square miles (52,530 km2).

After the execution of King Stephen Tomašević in 1463, the central part of the Kingdom of Bosnia was transformed into the sanjak of Bosnia. The Duchy of Herzegovina was added in 1483.

In 1580, Ferhad Pasha Sokolović became the first governor of the Bosnia Eyalet, as beylerbey (also referred to as "pasha"). The Bosnia Eyalet (or Pashaluk) included the Sanjak of Bosnia (central province), Sanjak of Herzegovina, Sanjak of Vučitrn, Sanjak of Prizren, Sanjak of Klis, Sanjak of Krka, and Sanjak of Pakrac.


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