Samtskhe Province, Ottoman Empireとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Samtskhe Province (also called Çıldır Eyaleti) was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire along the Southwestern Caucasus. Çıldır region was taken by Ottoman Empire and bounded as a sanjak to Erzurum eyalet. Çıldır Eyaleti formed after conquest of Ahıska region from Guria Kingdom, who was a vassal state of Safavid dynasty in 1578. Samtskhe Atabeg of Kvarkvare IV (1574-81) and his son Menucehr fell flat despite opposition to Ottoman policies. Menucehr converted to Islam and renamed his name as Mustafa. He appointed to pasha of Ahıska by Ottoman sultan. Menucehr began a big rebellion in Samtskhe and Georgians took Ahıska and her environment. He went back to Christianity and became Samtshe atabeg as Menucehr II but Ottomans surpassed the rebellion in Samtskhe. Shah Abbas I took Ahıska with Georgians' assistance in 1603. He appointed Menucehr III, who was son of Menucehr II and was 15 years old. However, Ottomans retook Ahıska in 1608. Murat IV, who was Ottoman sultan appointed Sefer Pasha (former name was Beka before conversion to Islam), who was uncle of Menucehr III as governor of Çıldır. Center of the province was Çıldır at first, Ahıska between 1608-1829 and Oltu between 1829-1845.