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Urfa Sancağı | |||||||
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sanjak of the Ottoman Empire Under Aleppo Eyalet (1579–1865) Under Aleppo Vilayet (1865–1918) | |||||||
1579–1918 | |||||||
Urfa Sanjak in 1914 | |||||||
Capital | Urfa | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 1579 | ||||||
1918 | |||||||
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Today part of | Turkey Syria |
The Urfa Sanjak (Turkish: Urfa Sancağı), previously known as Sanjak of Birejik, was a prefecture (sanjak) of the Ottoman Empire, located in modern-day Turkey and Syria. The city of Urfa was the Sanjak's capital.[1]