Damascus Sanjak
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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.
| 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 | |||||||
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| Capital | Damascus | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Established | 1549 | ||||||
| 1918 | |||||||
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| Today part of | Syria Lebanon | ||||||
Subdistricts
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.