Kapudan Pasha
Rhodes apparently became the seat of the "Kapudan Pasha" (the chief admiral of the Ottoman Navy, who also served as governor of the Archipelago Eyalet) in the late 17th century. In 1849, Rhodes became officially the "pasha-sanjak" of the Archipelago province, now separated from any relation with the "Kapudan Pasha". With the introduction of the "vilayet" system, the capital of the new Vilayet of the Archipelago was transferred to Kale-i Sultaniye in 1867, returned to Rhodes in 1877, went to Chios in 1880, before finally returning to Rhodes in 1888.