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50:
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production) and cattle-raising, while the mountain settlements experienced increased prosperity through their investment in crafts and commerce, and their organization into communal guilds. This prosperity was expressed in the growth of fairs and markets in the region's urban centres.
378:
took over control of
Thessaly, and consolidated his rule after 1808, when he suppressed a local uprising. His heavy taxation, however, ruined the province's commerce, and coupled with the outbreak of the plague in 1813, reduced the population to some 200,000 by 1820. When the
483:. At the time it was part of the Rumeli Eyalet and divided into four sub-provinces: the Trikala (Τirhala) vilayet, the Larisa (Yenisehir) vilayet, the Fanari (Fenâr) vilayet and the Agrafa (Ağrafa) vilayet. The capital was the city of Trikala.
1051:
292:(died 1484) rather than a regular province. Turahan and his heirs brought in settlers from Anatolia (the so-called "Konyalis", or "Koniarides" in Greek, since most were from the region around
961:
1146:
1416:
269:
in successive waves, in 1386/7, the mid-1390s, and again after 1414/23, and the conquest was not completed until 1470. Trikala itself fell probably in 1395/6 (although
148:
1036:
1166:
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1021:
1451:
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1271:
296:) to repopulate the sparsely inhabited area, and soon, Muslim settlers or converts dominated the lowlands, while the Christians held the mountains around the
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1086:
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1026:
1006:
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1141:
1276:
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1341:
1161:
1181:
1406:
1206:
1096:
1091:
1196:
1106:
1461:
947:
336:
418:
period, Thessaly experienced an increased concentration of the arable land by a few magnates, who reduced their tenant farmers to virtual
933:
315:
Thessaly was generally peaceful, but did see the occasional conflict. Thus in 1570 the
Venetians raided the region of Fenarbekir (
265:
In the mid-14th century, Thessaly had been ruled by
Serbian and Greek lords and enjoyed great prosperity. It was conquered by the
838:
Rumeli und Bosna, geographisch beschrieben, von
Mustafa ben Abdalla Hadschi Chalfa. Aus dem Türkischen übersetzt von J. v. Hammer
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695:
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mountains as well as the western mountains around
Fenarbekir, but they were swiftly suppressed by the Ottoman armies under
720:
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426:
103:
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681:
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407:
900:
868:
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M. Delibaşi, M. Arikan, "Sûret-i Defter-i Sancak-i
Tirhala I", Türk Tarih Kurumu, Ankara 2001, pp. 26–27
350:
The 17th century saw the progressive weakening of the
Ottoman central government, and the replacement of the
300:. Banditry was endemic, and led to the creation of the first state-sanctioned Christian autonomies known as
49:
971:
433:. The last Ottoman census, carried out in 1877/8, listed 250,000 inhabitants and 2,500 buildings for the
919:
N. Beldiceanu, P. Nasturel, "La
Thessalie entre 1454/55 et 1506", Byzantion LIII (1983) pp. 104–156
863:]. Beihefte zum Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients, 13 (in German). Reichert. pp. 74–75, 78.
526:), and Fenarbekir. In the 18th century, the capital was transferred from Tirhala to Yenişehir, and the
1456:
737:
672:
380:
324:
320:
289:
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1116:
361:
208:
1236:
822:
54:
Central Greece in the early 19th century, showing the sanjak of
Tirhala ("Trikhala") in the centre
1046:
430:
406:, Greek nationalist agitation continued, with further revolts in 1841, 1854 and again during the
818:
Memoirs on the Ionian
Islands, Considered in a Commercial, Political, and Military Point of View
939:
925:
M. Kiel, "Das Türkische Thessalien. Etabliertes Geschichtsbild versus Osmanischen Quellen", in
794:]. Beihefte zum Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients, 13 (in German). Reichert. p. 59.
1401:
339:, who claimed the Byzantine throne. The local Greeks also rose up in various areas during the
276:
The newly conquered region was initially the patrimonial domain of the powerful marcher-lord (
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257:, a process which began at the end of the 14th century and ended in the mid-15th century.
8:
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841:(in German). Vienna: Verlag des Kunst- und Industrie-Comptors. 1812. pp. 99–105.
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covered a much larger area than today’s Thessaly region, since it included areas of
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1306:
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729:
664:
316:
297:
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1346:
1256:
1071:
1061:
836:
725:
660:
552:
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366:
system in the lowlands, which were mainly concerned with agriculture (especially
1391:
1176:
1171:
979:
733:
668:
226:
218:
36:
21:
1445:
487:
462:
388:
266:
240:
344:
253:. It was established after the conquest of Thessaly by the Ottomans led by
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411:
359:
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285:
277:
254:
238:
230:
212:
499:
340:
249:. Its name derives from the Turkish version of the name of the town of
1151:
515:
303:
593:). However, in 1867, it was re-merged with the Ioannina Eyalet as a
279:
610:
523:
519:
440:
413:
246:
166:
543:(at the latest by 1846). Around 1854/55, it appears as a separate
929:, publ. R. Lauer, P. Schreiner, Göttingen 1996, pp. 145 –146
606:
570:
561:
in its own right. Initially it probably encompassed only the old
511:
503:
419:
332:
250:
67:
63:
969:
439:, with a total population for Thessaly (including the region of
975:
546:
472:
384:
367:
309:
232:
191:
32:
590:
582:
507:
447:) estimated at 285,000 Greeks, 40,000 Turks and 40,000 Jews.
353:
293:
551:, but the source is unclear. In 1856 it became part of the
493:
425:
Thessaly remained in Ottoman hands until 1881, when it was
410:. At the same time, despite the progressive reforms of the
347:
of 1770, but these insurrections were swiftly suppressed.
555:, but in the 1863–1867 period, it certainly became an
308:
s, the earliest and most notable of which was that of
934:Γη και γεωργοί της Θεσσαλίας κατά την Τουρκοκρατίαν
927:
Die Kultur Griechenlands in Mittelalter und Neuzeit
475:that today belong to the administrative regions of
719:
654:
599:, which is listed in 1877 as having the following
539:reforms of the 1840s, Tirhala became part of the
383:broke out in 1821, Greek risings occurred in the
1443:
1467:States and territories established in the 1390s
814:
648:
646:
1452:States and territories disestablished in 1881
955:
778:
776:
774:
772:
713:
711:
709:
707:
644:
642:
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636:
634:
632:
630:
628:
626:
1477:1881 disestablishments in the Ottoman Empire
821:. London: Baldwin, Cradock and Joy. p.
585:), ceded from the Salonica Eyalet, Preveze (
335:), and the second at the instigation of the
829:
402:After the establishment of the independent
1472:1390s establishments in the Ottoman Empire
962:
948:
769:
747:The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition
717:
704:
682:The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition
623:
498:s (districts): Tirhala itself, Palatmina (
450:
48:
755:. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 539–540.
690:. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 420–422.
486:According to the 17th-century geographer
845:
652:
609:, Tirhala, Çatalca, Golos and Karadiğe (
1462:Sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire in Europe
319:), and failed Greek uprisings occurred
1444:
883:
851:
808:
782:
273:claims it happened as early as 1390).
943:
889:Die Provinzen des Osmanischen Reiches
857:Die Provinzen des Osmanischen Reiches
788:Die Provinzen des Osmanischen Reiches
530:itself was often called accordingly.
893:The Provinces of the Ottoman Empire
861:The Provinces of the Ottoman Empire
792:The Provinces of the Ottoman Empire
465:. In the tax census of 1454/5, the
443:, which remained Ottoman until the
343:of 1684–1699, and again during the
13:
913:
815:de Vaudoncourt, Guillaume (1816).
14:
1488:
66:(Tirhala), from the 18th century
1147:İstolni Belgrad (Székesfehérvár)
970:
589:), a new province, and Avlonya (
575:(provincial year-book) adds the
490:, the province encompassed nine
171:
146:
877:
718:Yerolimpos, Alexandra (2000).
408:Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878
1:
936:, Volos 1912, pp. 33–59.
616:
455:For most of its history, the
245:) encompassing the region of
601:
595:
577:
569:
567:of Tirhala, but the 1864/65
563:
557:
545:
535:
492:
479:and the eastern portions of
467:
457:
435:
412:
360:
352:
302:
278:
239:
231:
213:
7:
1432:Modern names in parentheses
1417:Zağra-i Atik (Stara Zagora)
288:(died 1456) and of his son
10:
1493:
653:Savvides, Alexios (2000).
374:After 1780, the ambitious
323:and 1612, the first under
260:
1430:
987:
381:Greek War of Independence
325:Dionysius the Philosopher
222:
187:
125:
121:
117:
113:
100:
90:
86:
78:
74:
58:
47:
42:
31:
18:
1052:Değirmenilk ve Mesentûri
605:s: Yenişehir, Alasonya,
92:• Ottoman conquest
1252:Yeni Pazar (Novi Pazar)
502:), Yenişehir i-Fenari (
451:Administrative division
429:under the terms of the
331:of Yenişehir i-Fenari (
223:λιβάς/σαντζάκι Τρικάλων
214:Sancak-i/Liva-i Tirhala
1207:Modava (Moldova Veche)
997:Alaca Hișar (Kruševac)
1357:Semendire (Smederevo)
427:handed over to Greece
376:Ali Pasha of Ioannina
1402:Vulçitrin (Vushtrri)
1372:Temeşvar (Timișoara)
1227:Karadağ (Montenegro)
1127:Inebahti (Naupaktos)
1122:Hersek (Herzegovina)
1117:Gümülcine (Komotini)
1102:Gelibolu (Gallipoli)
397:Mahmud Dramali Pasha
70:(Yenişehir i-Fenari)
1242:Niğbolu (Nicopolis)
992:Adrianople (Edirne)
461:formed part of the
393:Mehmed Reshid Pasha
329:metropolitan bishop
225:) was second-level
1422:İzvornik (Zvornik)
1317:Selanik (Salonica)
1212:Midilli (Mytilene)
1437:
1436:
1322:İşkodra (Scutari)
1047:Dedeağaç/Dimetoka
762:978-90-04-11211-7
697:978-90-04-11211-7
404:Kingdom of Greece
201:Sanjak of Tirhala
197:
196:
183:
182:
179:
178:
159:
158:
154:Medieval Thessaly
104:Cession to Greece
19:Sanjak of Tirhala
1484:
1457:Ottoman Thessaly
1337:Serfiğe (Servia)
1327:Segedin (Szeged)
1132:Yanya (Ioannina)
974:
964:
957:
950:
941:
940:
907:
906:
881:
875:
874:
849:
843:
842:
833:
827:
826:
812:
806:
805:
780:
767:
766:
742:Heinrichs, W. P.
723:
715:
702:
701:
677:Heinrichs, W. P.
658:
650:
604:
598:
580:
574:
566:
560:
550:
538:
497:
470:
460:
438:
431:Treaty of Berlin
417:
365:
358:system with the
357:
307:
298:Thessalian plain
283:
244:
236:
224:
216:
175:
174:
163:
162:
150:
149:
143:
142:
127:
126:
52:
16:
15:
1492:
1491:
1487:
1486:
1485:
1483:
1482:
1481:
1442:
1441:
1438:
1433:
1426:
1392:Vize/Tekfürtaği
1287:Pojega (Požega)
1007:Andıra (Andros)
983:
968:
916:
914:Further reading
911:
910:
903:
885:Birken, Andreas
882:
878:
871:
853:Birken, Andreas
850:
846:
835:
834:
830:
813:
809:
802:
784:Birken, Andreas
781:
770:
763:
734:Bosworth, C. E.
716:
705:
698:
669:Bosworth, C. E.
651:
624:
619:
553:Ioannina Eyalet
541:Salonica Eyalet
453:
263:
209:Ottoman Turkish
172:
147:
106:
93:
53:
22:Ottoman Turkish
20:
12:
11:
5:
1490:
1480:
1479:
1474:
1469:
1464:
1459:
1454:
1435:
1434:
1431:
1428:
1427:
1425:
1424:
1419:
1414:
1409:
1404:
1399:
1394:
1389:
1384:
1382:Üsküp (Skopje)
1379:
1374:
1369:
1367:Sirem (Syrmia)
1364:
1359:
1354:
1349:
1344:
1339:
1334:
1329:
1324:
1319:
1314:
1309:
1304:
1299:
1294:
1289:
1284:
1279:
1274:
1269:
1264:
1259:
1254:
1249:
1244:
1239:
1234:
1229:
1224:
1219:
1214:
1209:
1204:
1199:
1194:
1189:
1184:
1179:
1174:
1169:
1164:
1159:
1154:
1149:
1144:
1139:
1134:
1129:
1124:
1119:
1114:
1112:Görice (Korçë)
1109:
1104:
1099:
1094:
1089:
1084:
1079:
1074:
1069:
1064:
1059:
1054:
1049:
1044:
1039:
1034:
1029:
1024:
1019:
1014:
1009:
1004:
999:
994:
988:
985:
984:
980:Ottoman Empire
967:
966:
959:
952:
944:
938:
937:
930:
923:
920:
915:
912:
909:
908:
901:
876:
869:
844:
828:
807:
800:
768:
761:
738:van Donzel, E.
726:Bearman, P. J.
703:
696:
673:van Donzel, E.
661:Bearman, P. J.
621:
620:
618:
615:
481:Central Greece
452:
449:
337:Duke of Nevers
262:
259:
195:
194:
189:
185:
184:
181:
180:
177:
176:
169:
160:
157:
156:
151:
139:
138:
133:
123:
122:
119:
118:
115:
114:
111:
110:
107:
101:
98:
97:
94:
91:
88:
87:
84:
83:
80:
76:
75:
72:
71:
60:
56:
55:
45:
44:
40:
39:
37:Ottoman Empire
29:
28:
26:Liva-i Tirhala
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1489:
1478:
1475:
1473:
1470:
1468:
1465:
1463:
1460:
1458:
1455:
1453:
1450:
1449:
1447:
1440:
1429:
1423:
1420:
1418:
1415:
1413:
1410:
1408:
1407:Yanova (Ineu)
1405:
1403:
1400:
1398:
1395:
1393:
1390:
1388:
1385:
1383:
1380:
1378:
1375:
1373:
1370:
1368:
1365:
1363:
1360:
1358:
1355:
1353:
1350:
1348:
1345:
1343:
1340:
1338:
1335:
1333:
1330:
1328:
1325:
1323:
1320:
1318:
1315:
1313:
1312:Sakız (Chios)
1310:
1308:
1305:
1303:
1300:
1298:
1295:
1293:
1290:
1288:
1285:
1283:
1280:
1278:
1275:
1273:
1270:
1268:
1265:
1263:
1260:
1258:
1255:
1253:
1250:
1248:
1245:
1243:
1240:
1238:
1235:
1233:
1230:
1228:
1225:
1223:
1220:
1218:
1215:
1213:
1210:
1208:
1205:
1203:
1200:
1198:
1195:
1193:
1190:
1188:
1185:
1183:
1180:
1178:
1175:
1173:
1170:
1168:
1165:
1163:
1160:
1158:
1155:
1153:
1150:
1148:
1145:
1143:
1140:
1138:
1135:
1133:
1130:
1128:
1125:
1123:
1120:
1118:
1115:
1113:
1110:
1108:
1105:
1103:
1100:
1098:
1095:
1093:
1090:
1088:
1085:
1083:
1080:
1078:
1075:
1073:
1070:
1068:
1065:
1063:
1060:
1058:
1055:
1053:
1050:
1048:
1045:
1043:
1040:
1038:
1035:
1033:
1030:
1028:
1025:
1023:
1020:
1018:
1015:
1013:
1010:
1008:
1005:
1003:
1000:
998:
995:
993:
990:
989:
986:
981:
977:
973:
965:
960:
958:
953:
951:
946:
945:
942:
935:
932:D. Tsopotos,
931:
928:
924:
921:
918:
917:
904:
902:3-920153-56-1
898:
894:
890:
886:
880:
872:
870:3-920153-56-1
866:
862:
858:
854:
848:
840:
839:
832:
824:
820:
819:
811:
803:
801:3-920153-56-1
797:
793:
789:
785:
779:
777:
775:
773:
764:
758:
754:
750:
748:
743:
739:
735:
731:
730:Bianquis, Th.
727:
722:
714:
712:
710:
708:
699:
693:
689:
685:
683:
678:
674:
670:
666:
665:Bianquis, Th.
662:
657:
649:
647:
645:
643:
641:
639:
637:
635:
633:
631:
629:
627:
622:
614:
612:
608:
603:
597:
592:
588:
584:
579:
573:
572:
565:
559:
554:
549:
548:
542:
537:
531:
529:
525:
521:
518:), Alasonya (
517:
514:), Velestin (
513:
509:
505:
501:
496:
495:
489:
488:Hajji Khalifa
484:
482:
478:
474:
469:
464:
463:Rumeli Eyalet
459:
448:
446:
442:
437:
432:
428:
423:
421:
416:
415:
409:
405:
400:
398:
394:
390:
386:
382:
377:
372:
369:
364:
363:
356:
355:
348:
346:
342:
338:
334:
330:
326:
322:
318:
313:
311:
306:
305:
299:
295:
291:
287:
282:
281:
274:
272:
271:Evliya Çelebi
268:
267:Ottoman Turks
258:
256:
252:
248:
243:
242:
235:
234:
228:
220:
215:
210:
206:
202:
193:
190:
188:Today part of
186:
170:
168:
165:
164:
161:
155:
152:
145:
144:
141:
140:
137:
134:
132:
129:
128:
124:
120:
116:
112:
108:
105:
99:
95:
89:
85:
81:
77:
73:
69:
65:
61:
57:
51:
46:
41:
38:
34:
30:
27:
23:
17:
1439:
1376:
1277:Peçuy (Pécs)
1197:Lipova/Lipva
1012:Berat/Avlona
926:
892:
888:
879:
860:
856:
847:
837:
831:
817:
810:
791:
787:
752:
745:
687:
680:
581:s of Golos (
532:
527:
522:), Döminek (
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