Sanjak of Segedin

Sanjak of Segedin or Sanjak of Szeged (Turkish: Segedin Sancağı, Hungarian: Szegedi szandzsák, Serbian: Сегедински санџак) was an administrative territorial entity of the Ottoman Empire formed in the 16th century. It was located in the Bačka (Bácska) region. Initially, it was part of the Budin Province, but in the 17th century it was included into Eğri Province. Administrative center of the Sanjak of Segedin was Segedin. It was captured by Austria between 1686-1688 and was left to Austria according to Treaty of Carlowitz in 1699.

Sanjak of Segedin Segedin Sancağı Szegedi szandzsák Сегедински санџак
sanjak of the Ottoman Empire
16th century–1699
Sanjak of Segedin as part of the Eyalet of Budin in 1568
Capital	Segedin (Hungarian: Szeged)
History
• Established	16th century
• Disestablished	1699
Preceded by Succeeded by Bacsensis County Bodrogiensis County Csongradiensis County Batsch County Bodrog County Military Frontier
Today part of	Serbia, Hungary

Sanjak of Segedin as part of the Eyalet of Eğri in the middle of the 17th century

Administrative divisions

Sanjak of Segedin was divided into several nahiyes:

• Segedin (Szeged)
• Sobotka (Subotica)
• [Kalacsa] (Kalocsa)
• [[Sót] (Solt)
• Baya (Baja)
• Sonbor (Sombor)
• Baç (Bač)
• Titel

Ottoman Sonbor (Sombor) - image from 1698

Beys (governors) of the sanjak

• For list of the governors in the 16the century [1]

See also

• Subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire
• Bačka

References

• Dr. Dušan J. Popović, Srbi u Vojvodini, knjiga 1, Novi Sad, 1990.
• Istorijski atlas, Geokarta, Beograd, 1999.
• Miklós Fóti, The Mufassal Tahrir Defteri of the Sanjak of Segedin (1578). Text and Index. Budapest, 2023.
• Miklós Fóti, Szeged 16. századi szandzsákbégjei. Aetas 38:4 (2023) 5–28.
• Miklós Fóti – István Pánya, Bodrog vármegye településhálózatának rekonstrukciója a török defterek alapján: A zombori és a bajai náhije települései 1578-ban. Budapest, 2022.

External links

• U SUBOTICI ODRŽANA PROMOCIJA PUBLIKACIJE O SEGEDINSKOM SANDŽAKU 1570. GODINE - Kako se živelo pod Turcima
• Map - location of Sanjak of Segedin
• Map of the Sanjak of Segedin