Damascus Eyalet

Eyalet-i Şam ‎‎إيالة العرب Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire ← 1516–1864 →   →   →   → Damascus Eyalet in 1609 Capital Damascus[1] History  - Battle of Marj Dabiq 1516  - Disestablished 1864 Today part of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel

Damascus Eyalet (Turkish: Şam Eyaleti) was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire. Its reported area in the 19th century was 20,020 square miles (51,900 km²).^[2] It became an eyalet after the Ottomans conquered it from the Mamluks in 1516.^[3]

Governors

Main article: List of rulers of Damascus#Ottoman walis

• Janbirdi al-Ghazali (1518–1521)
• Ahmad ibn Ridwan (1601–1607)
• Sulayman Pasha al-Azm (1733–1737; 1741–1743)
• As'ad Pasha al-Azm (1743–1757)
• Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (October 1828 - July 1831)
• Mehmed Selim Pasha (1830–1831)

Administrative divisions

Sanjaks of Damascus Eyalet in the 17th century:^[4]

• Khas sanjaks (i.e. yielded a land revenue):

1. Sanjak of Jerusalem
2. Sanjak of Gaza
3. Sanjak of Karak
4. Sanjak of Safet
5. Sanjak of Nablus
6. Sanjak of Aajelun
7. Sanjak of Lejun
8. Sanjak of Bokoa

• Salyane sanjaks (i.e. had an annual allowance from government):

1. Sanjak of Tadmor Saida
2. Sanjak of Baird
3. Sanjak of Selina
4. Sanjak of Karak

References

1. ^ Commercial statistics: A digest of the productive resources, commercial... By John Macgregor at Google Books
2. ^ The Popular encyclopedia: or, conversations lexicon, Volume 6 at Google Books
3. ^ Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire at Google Books By Gábor Ágoston, Bruce Alan Masters
4. ^ Narrative of travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa in the ..., Volume 1 at Google Books By Evliya Çelebi, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall

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