Sanjak of Damascus
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 Sanjak of Hauran to the south, Hama Sanjak to the north, and Beirut Vilayet to the west.
Damascus Sanjak Şam Sancağı | |||||||
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sanjak of the Ottoman Empire under Damascus Eyalet (1549–1865) under Damascus Vilayet (1865–1918) | |||||||
1549–1918 | |||||||
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Damascus Sanjak is the central Syrian sajak | |||||||
Capital | Damascus | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 1549 | ||||||
1918 | |||||||
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Subdistricts
Later history
When dividing Ottoman Syria, the French mandate authorities detached the western-most 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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