Gaza Sanjak

Gaza Sanjak (Turkish: Gazze Sancağı) was a sanjak of the Damascus Eyalet, Ottoman Empire centered in Gaza. In the 16th century it was divided into nawahi (singular: nahiya; third-level subdivisions): Gaza in the south and Ramla in the north.[1]

Gaza Sanjak Gazze Sancağı
sanjak of the Ottoman Empire
1516–1916
Coat of arms
Capital	Gaza
History
• Ottoman Empire captured Syria	1516
• Sykes–Picot Agreement	16 May 1916 1916

List of settlements

In the 1596- daftar, the sanjak contained the following nahiyah and villages/town

Gaza Nahiyah

• Al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya,[2] Bayt Tima,[2] Hamama,[2] Al-Tina,[3] Yibna,[3] Isdud,[3] Arab Suqrir,[3] Deir al-Balah,[4] Burayr,[4] Jabalia,[4] Beit Lahia,[4] Al-Majdal, Askalan,[4] Bayt 'Affa,[4] Najd,[4] Ni'ilya,[4] Bayt Jirja,[5] Hiribya,[5] Qatra,[5] Iraq Suwaydan,[5] Kawkaba,[5] Beit Jimal Monastery,[5] Al-Batani al-Sharqi,[5] Al-Qubayba,[6] Al-Faluja,[6] Bayt Daras,[6] Al-Maghar,[6] Hatta,[7] Jusayr,[7] Zikrin,[7] Zayta,[7] Barqa,[7] Beit Hanoun,[7] Dayr Sunayd,[7] Simsim,[7] Al-Jaladiyya,[8] 'Ajjur,[8] Al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya,[9] Julis,[9] Karatiyya,[9] Bayt Jibrin,[9] Iraq al-Manshiyya,[9] Qastina,[9] Ibdis,[9] Idnibba,[10] Jilya,[10] Rafah,[10] Al-Jura,[10] Tell es-Safi,[10] Abasan al-Kabera,[10] Al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya,[11] Summil,[11] Barbara,[11] Al-Muharraqa,[11] Mughallis,[11] Yasur[11]

Ramla Nahiyah

• Qula,[11] Dayr Tarif,[11] Jaffa,[11] Jimzu,[12] Kharruba,[12] Barfiliya,[12] Sarafand al-Amar,[12] Artuf,[12] Bayt Susin,[12] Islin,[12] Al-Khayriyya,[13] Khulda,[13] Al-Tira,[13] Dayr Ayyub,[13] Qibya,[13] Bayt Nabala,[13] Budrus,[13] Bnei Brak,[13] Imwas,[13] Aqir,[13] Deir Qaddis,[14] Yalo,[14] al-Midya,[14] Shuqba,[14] Salama,[14] Sar'a,[14] Saqiya,[14] Lod,[14] Jisr Jindas,[15] Bayt Dajan,[15] Al-Safiriyya,[15] Al-'Abbasiyya,[15] Yazur,[15] Innaba,[15] Rantiya,[15] Bir Ma'in,[15] Bayt Shanna,[15] Ni'lin,[15] Kharbatha Bani Harith,[15] Kasla,[15] Aboud,[16] Beit Sira,[16] Kafr 'Ana[16]

References

1. Cohen, Amnon; Lewis, Bernard (1978). Population and Revenue in the Towns of Palestine in the Sixteenth Century. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 12.
2. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 142
3. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 143
4. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 144
5. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 145
6. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 146
7. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 147
8. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 148
9. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 149
10. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 150
11. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 151
12. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 152
13. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 153
14. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 154
15. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 155
16. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 156

Bibliography

• Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft.