Not only the provocative activities of the Transylvanian Prince György II
Rákóczi but also the centuries-long Ottoman-Habsburg rivalry became the reason of
an Ottoman campaign in Hungary in 1663. The war ended with the peace treaty of
Vasvár signed on August 10, 1664. It was after this treaty that Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed
Paşa, the Ottoman Grand vizier, gave an order to establish a province around the
Uyvar fortress, the most significant acquisition of the Ottomans at the end of the war.
Thus, the Ottoman rule started in the Uyvar province that formed the OttomanHabsburg
frontier for 22 years. Based mainly on the Ottoman chronicles, archival
documents, and the secondary sources this thesis first describes and analyses the
Ottoman campaign in 1663. Then, it pays close attention to the Ottoman
administration in the Uyvar province. Finally, it gives us an opportunity to see the
tendencies in Ottoman governmental mentality in the Habsburg frontier of the
empire.
