Sanjak of Damascus
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Damascus Sanjak Şam Sancağı | |||||||
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sanjak of the Ottoman Empire under Damascus Eyalet (1549–1865) under Sidon Eyalet (1660–1864) under Damascus Vilayet (1865–1918) | |||||||
1549–1918 | |||||||
Damascus Sanjak is the central Syrian sajak | |||||||
Capital | Damascus | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 1549 | ||||||
1918 | |||||||
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Today part of | Syria Lebanon |
The Damascus Sanjak (Turkish: Şam Sancağı, Arabic: سنجق دمشق) was a prefecture (sanjak) of the Ottoman Empire, occupying the center of Ottoman Syria, located in modern-day Syria and Lebanon. The city of Damascus was the Sanjak's capital.[1] It was bordered by the Hauran Sanjak to the south, Hama Sanjak to the north, and Beirut Vilayet to the west.
Subdistricts
- Damascus Sanjak had the following nahiyahs: Damascus, Baalbek, Beqaa, Douma, Hasbaya, Rashaya, Wadi al-Ajam (Qatana) and Zabadani.
Later history
When dividing Ottoman Syria, the French mandate authorities detached the westernmost part of the sanjak and allocated it to its newly created Greater Lebanon, while the rest remained in the shriveled Syrian state.
References
- ^ Karpat, K.H. (1985). Ottoman population, 1830-1914: demographic and social characteristics. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsin Pres.
Categories:
- States and territories established in 1549
- States and territories disestablished in 1918
- Articles containing Turkish-language text
- Articles containing Arabic-language text
- 1549 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
- 1918 disestablishments in the Ottoman Empire
- Sanjaks of Ottoman Syria
- History of Damascus
- Ottoman period in Lebanon
- Sanjaks of Damascus Eyalet