Sanjak of Damascus

Damascus Sanjak
Şam Sancağı
Damascus Sanjak; Şam Sancağı
sanjak of the Ottoman Empire ; under Damascus Eyalet (1549–1865) ; under Sidon Eyalet (1660–1864) ; under Damascus Vilayet (1865–1918)
1549–1918
	Coat of arms
	; Damascus Sanjak is the central Syrian sajak
Capital	Damascus
History
• Established	1549
• Armistice of Mudros	1918
	Succeeded by
Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
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.

[1] Karpat, K.H. (1985). Ottoman population, 1830-1914: demographic and social characteristics. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsin Pres.

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