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Karaman Eyalet

Eyālet-i Ḳaraman
Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire

1483–1864
Location of Karaman Eyalet
Karaman Eyalet in 1609
Capital Konya (1483-1522), (1562-1864),Kayseri (1522-1562)
History
 •  Established 1483
 •  Disestablished 1864
Today part of  Turkey

Karaman Eyalet (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت قره‌مان; Eyālet-i Ḳaraman‎) was one of the subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire. Its reported area in the 19th century was 30,463 square miles (78,900 km2).

In 1468, the formerly independent principality of Karaman was annexed by the Ottomans; Mehmed II appointed his son Mustafa as governor of the new eyalet, with his seat at Konya.

The eyalet consisted of seven sanjaks between 1700 and 1740:



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