The Kanije Eyalet was an administrative unit of the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 formed in 1600 and existing until the collapse of Ottoman rule in Central Europe after 1686 (nominally to 1699).

History

The province of Kanije was established in 1600 after the town of Kanije was captured from Habsburgs. This newly conquered area was joined with territory of Zigetvar Province, which was formed in 1596 from some sanjaks of Budin Province

Budin Province, Ottoman Empire

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 (which had been expanded as a result of the Ottoman territorial gains during the Long War

Long War (Ottoman wars)

The Long War took place from 1591 or 1593 to 1604 or 1606 and was one of the numerous military conflicts between the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire that developed after the Battle of Mohács.- History :The major participants of this war were the Habsburg Monarchy ,...

) and Bosnia Province

Bosnia Province, Ottoman Empire

The Bosnia Vilayet was an Ottoman vilayet, mostly based on the territory of the present-day state of Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as most of Slavonia, Lika and Dalmatia in present-day Croatia. It bordered Kosovo Vilayet to the south. Before the administrative reform in 1864, it was called the...

. The Kanije Eyalet existed until the capture of Kanije by Habsburg Monarchy in 1690. It was formally ceded to Habsburg Monarchy by the Treaty of Karlowitz

Treaty of Karlowitz

The Treaty of Karlowitz was signed on 26 January 1699 in Sremski Karlovci , concluding the Austro-Ottoman War of 1683–1697 in which the Ottoman side had been defeated at the Battle of Zenta...

 in 1699.

Administrative divisions

In 1600, the Kanije Eyalet comprised the: Sanjak of İstolni Belgrad (Székesfehérvár Székesfehérvár Székesfehérvár is a city in central Hungary and is the 9th largest in the country. Located around southwest of Budapest. It is inhabited by 101,973 people , with 136,995 in the Székesfehérvár Subregion. The city is the centre of Fejér county and the regional centre of Central Transdanubia... ), Sanjak of Peçuy (Pécs Pécs Pécs is the fifth largest city of Hungary, located on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains in the south-west of the country, close to its border with Croatia. It is the administrative and economical centre of Baranya county... ), and Sanjak of Pojega Sanjak of Pojega The Sanjak of Pojega was an administrative unit of the Ottoman Empire formed in 1537/1538. It existed until the Treaty of Karlowitz when region was transferred to the Habsburg Monarchy. It was located in present-day eastern Croatia, in Slavonia region...  (Požega Požega, Croatia Požega is a city in western Slavonia, eastern Croatia, with a total population of 26,403 . It is the administrative center of the Požega-Slavonia County.-Geography:... )

The sanjaks of Kanije Eyalet in the 17th century: Sanjak of Siget Siget Siget refers to:* Siget, Zagreb, a large neighbourhood of Novi Zagreb - zapad, Zagreb, Croatia* Siget, Novi Kneževac, a village near Novi Kneževac, Serbia* Szigetvár, a small town in Baranya, Hungary... Sanjak of Kopan Sanjak of Valiova Sanjak of Sokolofja

Later, it expanded to include the: Sanjak of Zigetvar (Szigetvár Szigetvár -History:The town's fortress was the setting of the Battle of Szigetvár in 1566. It was a sanjak centre at first in Budin Province , later in Kanije Province .There was already a bum in the marshland back in the Celtic and Roman times... ), Sanjak of Kopan (Törökkoppány Törökkoppány - External links :*... ), Sanjak of Valpuva (Valpovo Valpovo Valpovo is a town in Slavonia, Croatia. It is close to the Drava river in the region of Slavonia, northwest of Osijek. The population of Valpovo is 7,396, with a total of 11,570 in the municipality.-Demographics:... ), Sanjak of Siklos (Siklós Siklós Siklós is a town in Baranya county, Hungary. It is located around .-Notable people:* George Mikes , Hungarian-born British author most famous for his humorous commentaries on various countries.... ), Sanjak of Nadaj, and Sanjak of Balatin (Beltinci Beltinci Beltinci is a settlement and a municipality in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia. The municipality has 8,256 inhabitants... )

See also

• Long War (Ottoman wars)
  Long War (Ottoman wars)
  The Long War took place from 1591 or 1593 to 1604 or 1606 and was one of the numerous military conflicts between the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire that developed after the Battle of Mohács.- History :The major participants of this war were the Habsburg Monarchy ,...
  
  
• Ottoman Hungary
  Ottoman Hungary
  History of Ottoman Hungary refers to the history of parts of the Ottoman Empire situated in what today is Hungary, in the period from 1541 to 1699.-History:...
  
  
• Ottoman Croatia