Ottoman Cyprus

Eyalet-i Ḳıbrıṣ
Ottoman Turkish: ایالت قبرص
1571–1670
1745–1748
Sancağı Ḳıbrıṣ
Ottoman Turkish: سانجاغى قبرص
1670–1703
1784–1878
Eyalet/Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire
1571–1878

Ottoman Cyprus in 1609 in red. The rest of the Ottoman Empire in light-yellow
CapitalNicosia
History 
• Established
1571
• Disestablished
1878
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Venetian Cyprus
British Cyprus
Today part of Cyprus
 Northern Cyprus
 Akrotiri and Dhekelia

The Eyalet of Cyprus (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت قبرص, Eyālet-i Ḳıbrıṣ)[1] was an eyalet (province) of the Ottoman Empire made up of the island of Cyprus, which was annexed into the Empire in 1571.[2] The Ottomans changed the way they administered Cyprus multiple times. It was a sanjak (sub-province) of the Eyalet of the Archipelago from 1670 to 1703, and again from 1784 onwards; a fief of the Grand Vizier (1703–1745 and 1748–1784); and again an eyalet for the short period from 1745 to 1748.[3]

  1. ^ "Some Provinces of the Ottoman Empire". Geonames.de. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  2. ^ Library of the US Congress
  3. ^ An Historical Geography of the Ottoman Empire, p. 137, at Google Books