Podolia Eyalet

In 1672, the Ottoman army, led by Sultan Mehmed IV, captured Kamaniçe after a short siege.^[2] The Treaty of Buchach confirmed Ottoman control of the city, which became the centre of a new eyalet.^[2] The treaty was repudiated by the Polish Diet, and war broke out anew.^[2]

The Polish campaign proved unsuccessful, and the truce of Żurawno (1676) left Podolia within Ottoman borders. Another Polish-Ottoman war broke out again in 1683.^[2] For the next 16 years, Ottoman rule in Podolia generally was limited to the blockaded fortress of Kamianets, held by a garrison of 6,000 soldiers.^[2] The other garrisons in Podolia, in Bar, Medzhybizh, Jazlivec, and Chortkiv, barely exceeded 100 soldiers each.^[3]

According to the Ottoman provincial budget of 1681, 13 million akçe were spent yearly in the eyalet, primarily for soldiers' pay. Of this amount, less than 3% was collected from Podolia itself, the rest was sent from the central treasury.^[3] In 1681, the patriarch of Constantinople appointed the Orthodox metropolitan of Kamianets, named Pankratij.^[4]

The fortress was returned to Poland as a result of the Treaty of Karlowitz (1699).^[2]

During the 27 years of Ottoman rule, Podolia was administered by nine Ottoman pashas:^[2]

• Küstendilli Halil (1672–76; 1677–80),
• Arnavut Ibrahim (1676–77)
• Defterdar Ahmed (1680–82)
• Arnavut Abdurrahman (1682–84)
• Tokatlı Mahmud (1684)
• Bozoklu Mustafa (1685–86)
• Sarı Boşnak Hüseyin (1686–88)
• Yegen Ahmed (1688–89)
• Kahraman Mustafa (1689–99)

• Podolia

The eyalet was divided into four sanjaks:^[2]

1. Sanjak of Kamaniçe
2. Sanjak of Bar
3. Sanjak of Mejibuji
4. Sanjak of Yazlofça