Mosul Eyalet

Eyālet-i Mūṣul
Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire
← 1535–1864 →
Mosul Eyalet in 1609
Capital		Mosul
History
•	Established	1535
•	Disestablished	1864
Today part of		Iraq

Mosul Eyalet (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت موصل; Eyālet-i Mūṣul‎) was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire. Its reported area in the 19th century was 7,832 square miles (20,280 km²). The eyalet was largely inhabited by Kurds.

Sultan Selim I defeated the army of Shah Ismail at the Battle of Çaldiran, but it wasn't until 1517 that Ottoman armies gained control of Mosul, which remained a frontier garrison city until the 1534 capture of Baghdad. The eyalet was established in 1535. Mosul then became one of three Ottoman administrative territorial units of ‘Irāk.

Sanjaks of Mosul Eyalet in the 17th century:

Coordinates: 36°20′24″N 43°07′48″E / 36.3400°N 43.1300°E / 36.3400; 43.1300

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