Basra Eyalet

 ( Eyalets Of The Ottoman Empire In Asia ) 

Basra Eyalet (, ) was an eyalet in Ottoman Iraq of the Ottoman Empire. Its reported area in the 19th century was . It had a Defterdar and Kehiya of the Tchaoush but neither Alai-beg nor Cheribashi because there were no ziamets or Timars, the lands being all rented by the governor.

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History Basra had formerly a hereditary government (mulkiat), but it was reduced to an ordinary eyalet when conquered by Sultan Mehmed IV. In 1534, when the Ottomans captured Baghdad, Rashid al-Mughamis, the Bedouin emir who then controlled Basra, submitted to Ottomans.

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Basra became an Ottoman province in 1538, and an Ottoman governor was appointed by 1546. The eyalet was later subordinated to Baghdad Eyalet during the Mamluk dynasty of Iraq, and was separated from Baghdad again from 1850 to 1862.

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Administrative divisions

The eyalet of Basra consisted of the following sanjaks in 1702:

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1. Sanjak of Basra (Seat of the Pasha)
2. Sanjak of Kıyab
3. Sanjak of Badiye
4. Sanjak of Sabusne, Gaffât, Mensûr and Batna
5. Sanjak of Seremle
6. Sanjak of Şuş
7. Sanjak of Gazan, Resle and Safiyye
8. Sanjak of Ceğar

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See also

• Safavid occupation of Basra (1697–1701)

Categories: Eyalets Of The Ottoman Empire In Asia, Ottoman Iraq, 1538 Establishments In The Ottoman Empire, 1862 Disestablishments In The Ottoman Empire, History Of Basra

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