Tripoli Sanjak

Tripoli Sanjak
سنجق طرابلس الشام
Tripoli Sanjak سنجق طرابلس الشام
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
• Armistice of Mudros	1917
	Succeeded by
Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
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.

34°26′0″N 35°51′0″E / 34.43333°N 35.85000°E / 34.43333; 35.85000

[1] Karpat, K.H. (1985). Ottoman population, 1830-1914: demographic and social characteristics. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsin Pres.

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