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Yemen Eyalet

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1517–1636 1849–1872
  
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Disestablished
  
1872

Capital
  
Mocha

Established
  
1517

Today part of
  
Saudi Arabia  Yemen

Yemen Eyalet

Yemen eyalet


The Yemen Eyalet (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت یمن, Eyālet-i Yemen‎) was an eyalet (province) of the Ottoman Empire. In 1872, most of it became Yemen Vilayet after a land reform in the empire.

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History

In 1516, the Mamluks of Egypt annexed Yemen; but in the following year, the Mamluk governor surrendered to the Ottomans, and Turkish armies subsequently overran the country. They were challenged by the Zaidi Imam, Qasim the Great (r.1597–1620), and by 1636, the Zaydi tribesmen had driven the Ottomans out of the country completely.

Governors

  • Mustafa Pasha al-Nashshar (1539/40–1549)
  • Özdemir Pasha (1549–1554)
  • Mustafa Pasha al-Nashshar (1554–1555/56)
  • Kara Shahin Mustafa Pasha (1556–1560)
  • Mahmud Pasha (1561–1565)
  • Ridwan Pasha (1565–1567)
  • Özdemiroğlu Osman Pasha (1569–1573)

    • Governors of the eyalet in the 19th century:

  • Mustafa Sabri Pasha (May 1850–March 1851)
  • Mehmed Sirri Pasha (March 1851–October 1851)
  • Bonaparta Mustafa Pasha (October 1851–May 1852)
  • Kürt Mehmed Pasha (May 1852–May 1856)
  • Babanli Ahmed Pasha (1st time) (May 1856–December 1862)
  • Musullu Ali Yaver Pasha (December 1862–August 1864)
  • Babanli Ahmed Pasha (August 1864–February 1867)
  • Tacirli Ahmed Pasha (February 1867–March 1869)
  • Halepli Ali Pasha (March 1869–May 1871)
  • Topal Bursali Mehmed Redif Pasha (May 1871–August 1871)

    • Administrative divisions

    Sanjaks of the Eyalet in the mid-19th century:

    1. Sanjak of Mokha
    2. Sanjak of Eharish (Abu `Arish?)
    3. Sanjak of Massu

    References

    Yemen Eyalet Wikipedia
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