A request that this article title be changed to Urfa Sanjak is under discussion. Please do not move this article until the discussion is closed.
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Urfa sanjak" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(December 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Urfa Sancağı
sanjak of the Ottoman Empire Under Aleppo Eyalet (1579–1865) Under Aleppo Vilayet (1865–1918)
1579–1918
Coat of arms
Urfa Sanjak in 1914
Capital
Urfa
History
• Established
1579
• Armistice of Mudros
1918
Succeeded by
Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
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]
^Karpat, K.H. (1985). Ottoman population, 1830-1914: demographic and social characteristics. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsin Pres.
The Urfasanjak (Turkish: Urfa Sancağı), previously known as sanjak of Birejik, was a prefecture (sanjak) of the Ottoman Empire, located in modern-day...
Marash, Aintab and Urfasanjaks of former Aleppo Vilayet remained in Turkey after 1921. Also, Antakya and İskenderun kazas of Aleppo Sanjak in one were separated...
War of Independence, Maraş, Antep and Urfa (sanjaks of former Halep Eyalet) were taken back by Turkey. The sanjak was made up of five districts (kazas):...
Kudus-i-Cherif (Jerusalem). Vilayet of Aleppo: sanjaks of Aleppo, Maraş, Urfa, Zor. Vilayet of Baghdad: sanjaks of Baghdad, Mosul, Sharazor, Sulaymaniyah,...
Maraş, Antep and Urfasanjaks of former Aleppo Vilayet remained in Turkey after 1921. Also, Antakya and İskenderun kazas of Aleppo Sanjak in one were separated...
BRILL, 2002 ″The Vilayet of Halap (Aleppo) comprised Maraş, Urfa and Zor. In 1899, a fourth sanjak, that of Antioch was formed ...″ Geographical Dictionary...
(Urfa (أورفة)) The Sanjak of Kilis (كلز) The Sanjak of Ma'arra (معرة النعمان) The Sanjak of Hama (حماة) The Sanjak of Salamiyah (سلمية) The Sanjak of...
Rebia Sanjak of Saruj Sanjak of Harran Sanjak of Rika (Raqqa) Sanjak of Ana ve Hit (Anah & Hit in Al-Anbar) Sanjak of Roha or Urfa, the seat of the Pasha...
Ottoman Empire took Urfa from the Safavids around 1517 and ruled it until the 20th century. Under Ottoman rule, Urfa was initially was sanjak centre in Diyarbekir...
River and Mount Habib Neccar. Under the Ottomans the area was known as the sanjak (or governorate) of Alexandretta. Gertrude Bell in her book Syria: The Desert...
(57,78%) non-Muslims in the Danube Province excluding Nış sanjak. Together with the sanjak of Nish the population consisted of 1055650 (40,68%) Muslims...
Diyarbakır, Siirt, Bitlis and Van; Finally, the southern provinces of Şanlıurfa (Urfa), Mardin and Çölamerik (Hakkarî). — Bois, T., Minorsky, V. and MacKenzie...
conquered Kurdish regions and installed their own governors in Diyarbekir, Urfa, Shingal and Mosul. In 1516 AD, Sultan Selim the Grim launched an invasion...
a governor of Diyarbakır, with the cities of Erzincan, Mardin, Ruha (or Urfa), and Sivas. Later, Persia was divided between two Timurid rulers, Jahan...
the second largest ethnic group, after the Syrian Arabs, in the Aleppo Sanjak. In his best known work La Turquie d'Asie, géographie administrative: statistique...
Nasser, establishing the Republic of Egypt. Muhammad Ali was born in the Sanjak of Kavala (modern-day Kavala), in the Rumelia Eyalet, to an Albanian family...
similarities with certain Southeastern Anatolian dialects around the region of Urfa and Diyarbakır. Some linguists have described the Iraqi Turkish dialects...
settlement, there were also sizable populations in villages and the towns of Urfa, Harput, and Adiyaman. Unlike the Syriac population of Tur Abdin, many of...
the new Turkish Republic. Jakob Künzler, head of a missionary hospital in Urfa, documented the large-scale ethnic cleansing of both Armenians and Kurds...
number of the Assyrians in Aleppo speak Aramaic, hailing from the city of Urfa in Turkey. The large community of Oriental Orthodox Christians belongs to...
the Soviet–Afghan War. Kayseri, Van, Amasra, Cicekdag, Gaziantep, Tokat, Urfa, and Serinvol received via Adana the Pakistan-based Kazakh, Turkmen, Kirghiz...
Global Information
