Sanjak of Zor

The Sanjak of Zor[1] was a sanjak of the Ottoman Empire. It was spun off from the Vilayet of Baghdad in 1857.[1]

The capital was Deir Ez-Zor, a town on the right bank of the Euphrates, which was also the only considerable town of the sanjak.[2] At the beginning of the 20th century, the sanjak had an area of 38,600 square miles (100,000 km2),[3] and an estimated population of 100,000, mostly Arab nomads.[2] The capital itself was just a village before becoming the centre of the sanjak.[2]

Administrative divisions

Kazas of the Sanjak:[4]

  1. Kaza of Deyr
  2. Kaza of Resü'l Ayn
  3. Kaza of Asare
  4. Kaza of Ebukemal

References

  1. ^ a b  Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Bagdad, Turkey (Vilayet)". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Bagdad,_Turkey_%28Vilayet%29. 
  2. ^ a b c  Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Deir". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Deir. 
  3. ^ Asia by A. H. Keane, page 460
  4. ^ Zor Mutasarrıflığı | Tarih ve Medeniyet