Damascus Sanjak Şam Sancağı | |||||||
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sanjak of the Ottoman Empire under Damascus Eyalet (1549–1865) under Sidon Eyalet (1660–1864) under Damascus Vilayet (1865–1918) | |||||||
1549–1918 | |||||||
Damascus Sanjak is the central Syrian sajak | |||||||
Capital | Damascus | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 1549 | ||||||
1918 | |||||||
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Today part of | Syria Lebanon |
The Damascus Sanjak (Turkish: Şam Sancağı; Arabic: سنجق دمشق) was a prefecture (sanjak) of the Ottoman Empire, occupying the center of Ottoman Syria, located in modern-day Syria and Lebanon. The city of Damascus was the Sanjak's capital.[1] It was bordered by the Hauran Sanjak to the south, Hama Sanjak to the north, and Beirut Vilayet to the west.