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]
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]
- 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):[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)
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.