Smyrna and its surrounding region did not come under permanent
Ottoman control until 1425. The area became a
sanjak within the
Anatolia Eyalet until 1533, when it was transferred to the newly created
Eyalet of the Archipelago. The
sanjak seems not to have existed in , however. Furthermore,
Leunclavius in 1588 does not mention it, and Ayni Ali still records Suğla as part of the Anatolia Eyalet in , as does
Hezarfen Huseyn Efendi in . In the 17th century, the capital of the
sanjak was at
Söke, before being moved to Smyrna in the 18th. According to the 17th-century traveller
Evliya Çelebi, it was subdivided into 13 districts (
kazas): İzmir (Smyrna),
Karaburun,
Urla,
Çeşme,
Sığacık, Sivrihisar, Aynaabad, Ğumaabad,
Kızılhisar,
Ayasluğ,
Kuşadası,
Balat, and Söke. The entire
sanjak was sometimes called after Sığacık, but according to Hezarfen Huseyn Efendi, it formed a separate
sanjak under the Anatolia Eyalet. As part of the
Tanzimat reforms, Suğla was transferred to the short-lived Saruhan Eyalet when it was founded (probably in 1841, certainly by 1846), and was moved to the
Aydin Eyalet when Saruhan was abolished in 1847. In 1850, it was united with the capital sub-province (
pasha-sanjak) of İzmir. == References ==