Hauran Sanjak
Sanjak in Ottoman Syria
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The Hauran Sanjak (Turkish: Havrân Sancağı, Arabic: سنجق حوران) was a sanjak of the Ottoman Empire, spanning the southern areas of Ottoman Syria, located in modern-day Syria and Jordan. The city of Daraa was the sanjak's capital. The sanjak had a population of 182,805 in 1914.[1]
| Hauran Sanjak Havrân Sancağı | |||||||
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| sanjak of the Ottoman Empire under Damascus Eyalet (16th century–1865) under Damascus Vilayet (1865–1918) | |||||||
| 16th century–1918 (Armistice of Mudros) | |||||||
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 Hauran Sanjak in Ottoman Syria | |||||||
| Capital | Daraa | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Established | 16th century | ||||||
• Dissolved | 1918 (Armistice of Mudros) | ||||||
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| Today part of | Syria Jordan | ||||||
Subdistricts
16th century
As a sanjak of Damascus Eyalet in the 16th century, the Qada (Kaza) of Hauran consisted of the following 14 nahiyes:[2]
Post-1865
As a sanjak of the Syria Vilayet, the sanjak was made up of eight kazas (first-level districts), some of which were further subdivided into nahiyes (second-level districts):[3]
- Shaykh Maskin (Şeyh Miskin)
- Daraa (Der'a)
- Bosra (Eski Şam)
- Ajlun (Aclun)
- Jabal al-Druze, Markaz Suwayda (Cebel-i Dürüz, Merkez Süvediye)
- Quneitra (Kuneytira)
- Majdal Shams (Mecdel-i Șams)
- Jawlan (Cülân)
- Zawiye (Zevye)
- Busra al-Harir (Busru'l-Harir)
- Salkhad (Salhad)
- Ahira (Âhire)
- Shahba (Șehbâ)