Adana Eyalet

For other uses, see Adana Province (disambiguation).

The Eyalet of Adana (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت ادنه; Eyālet-i Adana)^[2] was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire, established in 1608,^[3] when it was separated from the Eyalet of Aleppo.^[4] Its reported area in the 19th century was 11,409 square miles (29,550 km²).^[5]

Eyalet-i Adana
Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire
1608–1865
The Adana Eyalet in 1609
Capital	Adana[1]
Area
• Coordinates	36.76°N 34.23°E / 36.76; 34.23
History
• Established	1608
• Disestablished	1865
Preceded by Succeeded by Aleppo Eyalet Adana Vilayet
Today part of	Turkey

History

The Ramadanids played a key role in 15th-century Ottoman-Mamluk relations, being a buffer state located in the Mamluk al-'Awasim frontier zone. In 1517, Selim I incorporated the beylik into the Ottoman Empire after his conquest of the Mamluk state. The beys of Ramadanids held the administration of the Ottoman sanjak of Adana in a hereditary manner until 1608.

Administrative divisions

Sanjaks between 1700 and 1740:[6] Adana Sanjak (Paşa Sancağı , Adana) Tarsus Sanjak (Tarsus) Sis Sanjak (Sis Sansağı, Kozan) Ichil Sanjak (İçil Sancağı or İçel Sancağı, Anamur-Silifke) Alaya Sanjak (Alâ'iyye Sancağı, Alanya)

Sanjaks in the mid-19th century:[7] Adana Sanjak Tarsus Sanjak Alayeh Sanjak Sis Sanjak Piyas Sanjak (Payas?) Anemur Sanjak Selefkeh Sanjak