Hauran Sanjak
Sanjak in Ottoman Syria
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)
Ghabaghib (Gabağab)
Jasim (Casim)
Daraa (Der'a)
Bosra (Eski Şam)
Ajlun (Aclun)
Kufranjah (Küfrence)
Kura (Küre)
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)
Ahiqa (Âhire)
Shahba (Șehbâ)
References
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.
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