Kaza of Ohrid (from the late XVI. century to the early XVIII. century)

In 1979 Lake Ohrid and in 1980 the city of Ohrid were included in the list of world cultural heritage sites by UNESCO. This shows how important Lake Ohrid and the city of Ohrid are. After Ohrid came under Ottoman rule in 1385, it was made a sanjak center subject to the Rumelia Province. This study aims to determine the administrative, demographic and economic structure of the central kaza of Ohrid sanjak, which is one of the strategically important sanjaks in the Balkans, from the late XVI. century to the early XVIII. century. The study consists of four chapters except the introduction. In the introduction, the boundaries and sources of the study were examined and a brief history of Ohrid was given. In the first chapter, the geography of Ohrid and the administrative structure and importance of the kaza in the period were presented. Afterwards, it was tried to determine who were the judges in charge of the kaza and were members of ehl-i örf ile ehl-i şer' including the sanjakbeyi, alaybeyi, çeribaşı, subaşı and castle officials. In the second part, the physical structure of Ohrid city was analyzed in terms of castle, palace, bazaar and markets, and the mint. In the other part, the role of foundations in shaping the physical structure of the city and the foundations and foundation works in the sanjak were explained. Population structure of Ohrid kaza during the period under study was analyzed in the third section. In the last section, which covers the economic structure of Ohrid, agricultural production, fishing, animal husbandry and sulfur mining in Ohrid were analyzed. In addition, tax revenues such as avârız, jizya, nüzül, sürsat, etc. in Ohrid kaza were analyzed. Keywords: Ottoman Empire, Rumelia, Ohrid, Balkans, Kaza, sulfur, Demographic, Economic and Administrative Structure