Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the Seventeenth Century, Vol. IEvliya Çelebi
History
Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the Seventeenth Century, Vol. I
Evliya Çelebi
Caucasus, South -- Description and travel; Istanbul (Turkey) -- Description and travel; Turkey -- History
1. Gomish-kháneh. 2. Jankha. 3. Wíza. 4. Gúnia. 5. Batúm. Though this
province is small it has a defterdár of the Tímárs, a Kehiyá of the
defter, an Aláï-beg, and a Cherí-báshí.
_The Province of Rika._
The sanjaks of Rika and Rohá are: 1. Jemása. 2. Khárpud. 3. Deïr-rahba.
4. Bení Rebia. 5. Sarúj. 6. Kharán. 7. Rika. 8. Rohá or Urfa, which is
the seat of the Páshá; it has no officers.
_The Province of Baghdád._
Seven of the eighteen sanjaks of this province are divided, as in other
parts of the empire, into ziámets and timárs. They are: 1. Hilla. 2.
Zeng-ábád. 3. Javazar. 4. Rúmáhía. 5. Jangula. 6. Kara-tágh. 7.——.
The other eleven sanjaks which are called Irák, have neither ziámets
nor tímárs. They are: 1. Terteng. 2. Samwat. 3. Bíát. 4. Derneh. 5.
Deh-balád. 6. Evset. 7. Kerneh-deh. 8. Demir-kapú. 9. Karanieh. 10.
Kilán. 11. Alsáh. These have no ziámets or tímárs, and are entirely in
the power of their possessors.
_The Province of Basra._
This was formerly a hereditary government (mulkiat), but was reduced to
an ordinary province (eyálet) when conquered by Sultán Mohammed IV. It
has a defterdár and Kehiyá of the Chávushes, but neither Aláï-beg nor
Cherí-báshí, because there are no ziámets or tímárs; the lands being
all rented by the governor.
_The Province of Lahsa._
This being a hereditary government, has neither ziámets nor tímárs,
but the governor sends a monthly present to the governor of Baghdád.
Formerly its governors were installed as Begler-begs, but they now hold
their authority without a patent.
_The Province of Yemen._
This too, since the time of Mohammed Khán IV., has been unlawfully
occupied by the Imáms.
_The Province of Abyssinia._
This province is also without ziámets or tímárs. Once in three years
an officer is sent from the Sublime Porte, to claim it as a government
province (Mulk). There are no private leases (iltizám).
_The Province of Mecca._
Mecca is divided between the Sheríf and the Páshá of Jidda. There are
no revenues but those derived from the aqueducts.
_The Province of Egypt._
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