Syria vilayet
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The Vilayet of Syria (Arabic: ولاية سوريا; Ottoman Turkish: ولايت سوريه, romanized: Vilâyet-i Sûriye), also known as Vilayet of Damascus, was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire.[2]
| Vilayet of Syria ولايت سوريه (in Ottoman Turkish) Vilâyet-i Sûriye ولاية سوريا (in Arabic) | |||||||||||||
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| Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||||||
| 1865–1918 | |||||||||||||
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_LA_SYRIE.jpg) Vital Cuinet's 1896 map of Syria, showing the Syria Vilayet divided into the sanjaks of Hama, Damascus, Hauran and Ma'an | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Damascus | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
• 1897[1] | 701,812 | ||||||||||||
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• Established | 1865 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1918 | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Syria Jordan | ||||||||||||
History
changeThe Vilayet of Syria was established following the promulgation of the Vilayet Law in 1864. In 1865, the province was reformed and named Suriyya/Suriye. Jerusalem was separated from the province and became an independent sanjak reporting directly to Istanbul, while Mount Lebanon became a self-governing mutasarrifate in 1864. A short-lived administrative region was created in Ma'an in 1872 but closed due to costs. In 1888, the coastal areas formed the new Vilayet of Beirut. In 1892, a mutasarrifate centered in Ma'an was established and later moved to Karak in 1895, marking the southernmost extent of Ottoman rule in Syria.[3][4][5]
References
change- ↑ Mutlu, Servet. "Late Ottoman population and its ethnic distribution" (PDF). pp. 29–31. Corrected population for Mortality Level=8.
- ↑ http://www.hips.hacettepe.edu.tr/nbd_cilt25/mutlu.pdf
- ↑ Masters, Bruce (2013-04-29). The Arabs of the Ottoman Empire, 1516-1918: A Social and Cultural History. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-03363-4.
- ↑ Rogan, Eugene L. (2002-04-11). Frontiers of the State in the Late Ottoman Empire: Transjordan, 1850-1921. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-89223-0.
- ↑ Geographical Dictionary of the World. Concept Publishing Company. ISBN 978-81-7268-012-1.
