Tripoli Sanjak
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Tripoli Sanjak سنجق طرابلس الشام | |||||||
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sanjak of the Ottoman Empire Under Damascus Eyalet (1549–1579) Under Tripoli Eyalet (1579–1864) Under Syria Vilayet (1864–1888) Under Beirut Vilayet (1888–1917) | |||||||
1549–1917 | |||||||
![]() Tripoli Sanjak in 1914 | |||||||
Capital | Tripoli | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 1549 | ||||||
1917 | |||||||
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Today part of | Lebanon Syria |
The Tripoli Sanjak (Arabic: سنجق طرابلس الشام) was a prefecture (sanjak) of the Ottoman Empire, located in modern-day Lebanon and Syria. The city of Tripoli was the Sanjak's capital. It had a population of 175,063 in 1914.[1]
Subdistricts
[edit]The sanjak was made up of four districts (kazas):
- Kaza of Tripoli (Trablus-Şam)
- Kaza of Qalʿat al-Ḥuṣn (Hısnü'l Ekrâd)
- Kaza of Safita (Şafita)
- Kaza of Akkar
References
[edit]- ^ Karpat, K.H. (1985). Ottoman population, 1830-1914: demographic and social characteristics. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsin Pres.