Esztergom (Turk. Estergon, Ostorgon) is a town in northern Hungary, which is located on the right bank of the Danube River, approximately 61 kilometres (38 miles) northwest of Budapest. It was founded by the Hungarian ruler Géza (r. before 972–97) on a site that had been inhabit…
Eger (Ott. Eğri, Eğre) is a regionally important town located in the north of present-day Hungary. In 1005–99/1596–87, it was the centre of an Ottoman vilayet ( vilāyet , province), and both before and after this period, it was the seat of a bishop (after 1804 an archbishop). Eg…
Buda (Ott. Budīn or Budūn), situated on the right bank of the Danube River, was one of the capital cities of medieval Hungary and the centre of an Ottoman vilayet ( vilāyet , province) from 948/1541 to 1097/1686. It has been part of Budapest, capital of today’s Hungary, since 18…
Arad (Ottoman Turkish, Arād or Arāṭ), is a town in the county of Arad, in Hungary, originally situated east of its modern location. In the tenth/sixteenth and eleventh/seventeenth centuries, it was an Ottoman administrative centre within the vilayet s (vilāyet ) of Buda and Teme…
