Najd Sanjak

Najd Sanjak
Necid Sancağı (Turkish)
لواء نجد (Arabic)
TBA (Ottoman Turkish)
Sanjak of the Ottoman Empire
1871–1915

1886 map showing part of the sanjak of Nejd (Liva de Nedjed)
CapitalHofuf[1]
DemonymNajdi
Population 
• 1896[2]
82,900
History 
• Established
1871
• Disestablished
1915
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Emirate of Nejd
Emirate of Nejd and Hasa
Sheikhdom of Kuwait
Today part ofSaudi Arabia
Qatar
Kuwait

The sanjak of Najd (Arabic: لواء نجد) was a sanjak (second-level province) of the Ottoman Empire. The name is considered misleading, as it covered the al-Hasa region, rather than the much larger Najd region.[1] It was part of Baghdad Vilayet from June 1871 to 1875, when it became part of the Basra Vilayet.[3]

The mutasarrif was located in Hofuf, which was garrisoned by up to 600 men, the largest Ottoman force in the area.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Briton Cooper Busch (January 1967). Britain and the Persian Gulf: 1894 - 1914. University of California Press. p. 31. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
  2. ^ Osmanli Viayet Salnamelerinde Basra (PDF). Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies. 2012. pp. 111–112. ISBN 978-975-8975-04-4.
  3. ^ Worldstatesmen — Saudi Arabia