Hauran Sanjak

Hauran Sanjak Havrân Sancağı
sanjak of the Ottoman Empire under Damascus Eyalet (16th century–1865) under Damascus Vilayet (1865–1918)
16th century–1918
Coat of arms
Hauran Sanjak in Ottoman Syria
Capital	Daraa
History
• Established	16th century
• Armistice of Mudros	1918
Succeeded by Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
Today part of	Syria Jordan

The Hauran Sanjak (Turkish: Havrân Sancağı, Arabic: سنجق حوران) was a sanjak of the Ottoman Empire, spanning the southern areas of Ottoman Syria, located in modern-day Syria and Jordan. The city of Daraa was the sanjak's capital. The sanjak had a population of 182,805 in 1914.

Subdistricts

16th century

As a sanjak of Damascus Eyalet in the 16th century, the Qada (Kaza) of Hauran consisted of the following 14 nahiyes:

• Jaydur, centered at Nawa
• Banu Kilab
• Banu Muqlid
• Banu Malik al-Ashraf, centered at Namir
• Banu Nashba
• Banu Hilal
• Jawlan al-Gharbi
• Banu Abdullah
• Banu Malik al-Sadir
• Banu Atika
• Banu Kinana
• Banu Jahma
• Banu al-A'sar
• Banu Uqba

Post-1865

As a sanjak of the Syria Vilayet, the sanjak was made up of eight kazas (first-level districts), some of which were further subdivided into nahiyes (second-level districts):

• Shaykh Maskin (Şeyh Miskin)
  • Ghabaghib (Gabağab)
  • Jasim (Casim)
• Daraa (Der'a)
  • Bosra (Eski Şam)
• Ajlun (Aclun)
  • Kufranjah (Küfrence)
  • Kura (Küre)
• Jabal al-Druze, Markaz Suwayda (Cebel-i Dürüz, Merkez Süvediye)
  • Busan
• Quneitra (Kuneytira)
  • Majdal Shams (Mecdel-i Șams)
  • Jawlan (Cülân)
  • Zawiye (Zevye)
• Busra al-Harir (Busru'l-Harir)
• Salkhad (Salhad)
• Ahira (Âhire)
  • Shahba (Șehbâ)

Bibliography

• Bakhit, Muhammad Adnan Salamah (February 1972). The Ottoman Province of Damascus in the Sixteenth Century (PhD). School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. S2CID 190680221.