Zor Sanjak
Zor Sanjak Deyr-i-Zor sancağı | |||||
Sanjak of the Ottoman Empire | |||||
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Zor Sanjak in 1900 | |||||
Capital | Deir Ez-Zor | ||||
History | |||||
• | Established | 1857 | |||
• | Disestablished | 1917 | |||
Area | |||||
• | 1900s[1] | 100,000 km2 (38,610 sq mi) | |||
Population | |||||
• | 1900s[1] | 100,000 | |||
Density | 1 /km2 (2.6 /sq mi) | ||||
Today part of | Syria, Turkey |
The Sanjak of Zor[2] (Turkish: Deyr-i-Zor sancağı) was a sanjak of the Ottoman Empire. Some of its area was separated from the Baghdad Vilayet, when it was created in 1857.[2] Zor was sometimes mentioned as being part of the Aleppo Vilayet,[3][4] or of the Syria Vilayet.[5]
The capital was Deir Ez-Zor, a town on the right bank of the Euphrates, which was also the only considerable town of the sanjak.[1] At the beginning of the 20th century, the sanjak had an area of 38,600 square miles (100,000 km2),[6] and an estimated population of 100,000, mostly Arab nomads.[1] The capital itself was just a village before becoming the centre of the sanjak.[1]
Administrative divisions
- Kaza of Deyr
- Kaza of Resü'l Ayn
- Kaza of Asare
- Kaza of Ebukemal
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Deir". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- 1 2 Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bagdad, Turkey (Vilayet)". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ↑ Pavet de Courteille, Abel (1876). État présent de l'empire ottoman (in French). J. Dumaine. pp. 91–96.
- ↑ Studies on Ottoman Social and Political History: Selected Articles and Essays, p. 647. Kemal H. Karpat, BRILL, 2002
″The Vilayet of Halap (Aleppo) comprised Maraş, Urfa and Zor. In 1899, a fourth sanjak, that of Antioch was formed ...″ - ↑ Geographical Dictionary of the World in the early 20th Century. Logos Press, New Delhi, 1906. ISBN 8172680120
- ↑ Asia by A. H. Keane, page 460
- ↑ Zor Mutasarrıflığı | Tarih ve Medeniyet
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