# Anatolia Eyalet

The Eyalet of Anatolia (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت آناطولی, romanized: Eyālet-i Anaṭolı) was one of the two core provinces (Rumelia being the other) in the early years of the Ottoman Empire. It was established in 1393. Its capital was first Ankara in central Anatolia, but then moved to Kütahya in western Anatolia. Its reported area in the 19th century was 65,804 square miles (170,430 km$^2$).
The establishment of the province of Anatolia is held to have been in 1393, when Sultan Bayezid I (r. 1389–1402) appointed Kara Timurtash as beylerbey and viceroy was in Anatolia, during Bayezid's absence on campaign in Europe against Mircea I of Wallachia. The province of Anatolia—initially termed beylerbeylik or generically vilayet ("province"), only after 1591 was the term eyalet used—was the second to be formed after the Rumelia Eyalet, and ranked accordingly in the hierarchy of the provinces. The first capital of the province was Ankara, but in the late 15th century it was moved to Kütahya.
As part of the Tanzimat reforms, the Anatolia Eyalet was dissolved c. 1841 and divided into smaller provinces, although various scholars give conflicting dates for the dissolution, from as early as 1832 to as late as 1864.

## Administrative divisions

| The eyalet consisted of seventeen sanjacks (liva) in 1530 Sanjak of Saruhan Sanjak of Kütahya Sanjak of Aydın Sanjak of Menteşe Sanjak of Teke Sanjak of Hamid-ili Sanjak of Karahisar-ı Sahib Sanjak of Sultan-Öni Sanjak of Hüdavendigar Sanjak of Koca-ili Sanjak of Bolu Sanjak of Kastamonu Sanjak of Kankırı (Çankırı) Sanjak of Ankara Sanjak of Alaiyye Sanjak of Karesi Sanjak of Biga | The eyalet consisted of seventeen sanjacks (liva) in 1550-51 Sanjak of Saruhan Sanjak of Kütahya Sanjak of Aydın Sanjak of Menteşe Sanjak of Teke Sanjak of Hamid-ili Sanjak of Karahisar-ı Sahib Sanjak of Sultan-Öni Sanjak of Hüdavendigar Sanjak of Koca-ili Sanjak of Bolu Sanjak of Kastamonu Sanjak of Kankırı (Çankırı) Sanjak of Ankara Sanjak of Alaiyye Sanjak of Karesi Sanjak of Biga | The eyalet consisted of fifteen sanjaks in 1609: Sanjak of Kütahya (Liva-i Kütahya, Pasha Sanjakı , Kütahya) Sanjak of Saruhan (Liva-i Saruhan Hass-ı Mîr Liva, (Manisa) Sanjak of Aydin (Liva-i Aydın, Aydın) Sanjak of Hüdavendigâr (Liva-i Hüdavendigâr, Bursa) Sanjak of Kastamonu (Liva-i Kastamonu, Kastamonu) Sanjak of Menteşe (Liva-i Menteşe, Muğla) Sanjak of Bolu (Liva-i Bolu, Bolu) Sanjak of Ankara (Liva-i Bankara, Ankara) Sanjak of Karahisar-i Sahib (Liva-i Karahisar-ı Sahib, Afyonkarahisar) Sanjak of Teke (Liva-i Teke, Antalya) Sanjak of Kangırı (Liva-i Kangırı, Çankırı) Sanjak of Hamid (Liva-i Hamid, Isparta) Sanjak of Sultanönü (Liva-i Sultanönü, Eskişehir) Sanjak of Karasi (Liva-i Karasi, Balıkesir) | The eyalet consisted of fifteen sanjaks between 1700 and 1740: Sanjak of Kütahya (Pasha Sanjakı, Kütahya) Sanjak of Hüdavendigâr (Bursa) Sanjak of Bolu (Bolu) Sanjak of Kastamonu (Kastamonu) Sanjak of Karasi (Balıkesir) Sanjak of Sultanönü (Eskişehir) Sanjak of Saruhan (Manisa) Sanjak of Karahisar-i Sahib (Afyonkarahisar) Sanjak of Hamid (Isparta) Sanjak of Ankara (Ankara) Sanjak of Kânkırı (Çankırı) Sanjak of Aydin (Aydın) Sanjak of Teke (Antalya) Sanjak of Menteşe (Muğla) Sanjak of Beybazarı (Beypazarı) |