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Definition of Eyalets
1. eyalet [n] - See also: eyalet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eyalets
Literary usage of Eyalets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Ottoman Turks: From the Beginning of Their Empire to the by Edward Shepherd Creasy (1856)
"SULTAN SELIM III. reigned over twenty-six eyalets (as the larger divisions of
the Ottoman empire were named) in Europe, Asia, and Africa. ..."
2. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine by William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone (1854)
"Under Murad III. the Empire was divided into provinces, or eyalets, each included
several livas, and the governors of those provinces were named Vizirs or ..."
3. A Dictionary Geographical, Statistical, and Historical of the Various by John Ramsay McCulloch, Frederick Martin (1866)
"At present the territorial of the Turkish empire in Europe are divided into 14
eyalets, or governments, and subdivided into ..."
4. The Law of Nations Considered as Independent Political Communities by Travers Twiss (1861)
"Of these eyalets fifteen are in Europe, eighteen in Asia, and three in Africa.
But although such is the theoretical organisation of the Ottoman Empire, ..."
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