| 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 | |||||||
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 Hauran Sanjak in Ottoman Syria | |||||||
| Capital | Daraa | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| • Established | 16th century | ||||||
| • Armistice of Mudros | 1918 | ||||||
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| Today part of | Syria Jordan | ||||||
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.
Subdistricts
16th century
As a sanjak of Damascus Eyalet in the 16th century, the Qada (Kaza) of Hauran consisted of the following 14 nahiyes:
- Jaydur, centered at Nawa
- Banu Kilab
- Banu Muqlid
- Banu Malik al-Ashraf, centered at Namir
- Banu Nashba
- Banu Hilal
- Jawlan al-Gharbi
- Banu Abdullah
- Banu Malik al-Sadir
- Banu Atika
- Banu Kinana
- Banu Jahma
- Banu al-A'sar
- Banu Uqba
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):
- Shaykh Maskin (Şeyh Miskin)
- Daraa (Der'a)
- Bosra (Eski Şam)
- Ajlun (Aclun)
- Jabal al-Druze, Markaz Suwayda (Cebel-i Dürüz, Merkez Süvediye)
- Busan
- Quneitra (Kuneytira)
- Majdal Shams (Mecdel-i Șams)
- Jawlan (Cülân)
- Zawiye (Zevye)
- Busra al-Harir (Busru'l-Harir)
- Salkhad (Salhad)
- Ahira (Âhire)
- Shahba (Șehbâ)
References
- Karpat, K.H. (1985). Ottoman population, 1830-1914: demographic and social characteristics. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsin Pres.
- Bakhit 1972, pp. 85–94.
- "Suriye Vilayeti". Tarih ve Medeniyet (in Turkish). 8 October 2009. Archived from the original on 8 December 2017.
Bibliography
- Bakhit, Muhammad Adnan Salamah (February 1972). The Ottoman Province of Damascus in the Sixteenth Century (PhD). School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. S2CID 190680221.