• Source: Hauran Sanjak

      • 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

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      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)
      Ahira (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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