[Turk. èyālet, a. Arab. iyālah (-at), noun of action f. āl to preside.] An administrative division of the Turkish empire; now more commonly called VILAYET, q.v.
1853. W. McLeod, Atlas Scripture Geog., 52. This province is divided into four eyalets or pashalicks.
1889. Daily News, 16 Oct., 5/6. He is to be transported to the fortress of Mossoul, in the eyalet of Bagdad.
