Damascus Eyalet
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Damascus Eyalet was a key provincial administrative division of the Ottoman Empire centered on the city of Damascus, encompassing much of historical Syria and serving as an important political and economic hub in the region.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vilayet of Damascus | 1 |
Statements (103)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eyalet
ⓘ
Ottoman province ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Aleppo Eyalet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Egypt Eyalet NERFINISHED ⓘ Karaman Eyalet NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidon Eyalet NERFINISHED ⓘ Tripoli Eyalet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Acre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ajlun NERFINISHED ⓘ Anti-Lebanon Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Balqa NERFINISHED ⓘ Baniyas NERFINISHED ⓘ Beirut NERFINISHED ⓘ Bekaa Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Coastal plain of Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ Dead Sea (coastal areas) NERFINISHED ⓘ Galilee NERFINISHED ⓘ Gaza NERFINISHED ⓘ Golan Heights NERFINISHED ⓘ Hama NERFINISHED ⓘ Hauran NERFINISHED ⓘ Homs NERFINISHED ⓘ Jabal Druze (Hauran Mountains) NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ Jordan Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Karak NERFINISHED ⓘ Lajjun NERFINISHED ⓘ Ma'an NERFINISHED ⓘ Mediterranean coast (parts) ⓘ Mount Lebanon (parts) NERFINISHED ⓘ Nablus NERFINISHED ⓘ Negev (parts) NERFINISHED ⓘ Orontes River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Palmyra NERFINISHED ⓘ Quneitra NERFINISHED ⓘ Safed NERFINISHED ⓘ Sea of Galilee NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidon NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinai Peninsula (parts) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiberias NERFINISHED ⓘ Transjordan NERFINISHED ⓘ Tripoli (Levant) NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Jordan River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
agriculture
ⓘ
caravan trade ⓘ crafts and textiles ⓘ pilgrimage services ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy |
pasha of Damascus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
wali of Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType | Ottoman provincial administration ⓘ |
| hasCenter |
Citadel of Damascus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Umayyad Mosque area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup |
Arabs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Armenians NERFINISHED ⓘ Circassians NERFINISHED ⓘ Druze ⓘ Greek Catholics ⓘ Greek Orthodox Christians ⓘ Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurds NERFINISHED ⓘ Maronites NERFINISHED ⓘ Syriac Christians NERFINISHED ⓘ Turks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
military district
ⓘ
pilgrimage route administration ⓘ provincial administration ⓘ tax collection center ⓘ trade hub ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Arabic
ⓘ
Ottoman Turkish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLegalSystem |
Ottoman law
ⓘ
Sharia ⓘ customary law ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Levant
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ottoman Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Beirut Vilayet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Damascus Vilayet NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerusalem Mutasarrifate NERFINISHED ⓘ Mutasarrifate of Mount Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria Vilayet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantFor |
Levantine commerce
ⓘ
Syrian Hajj caravan to Mecca ⓘ administration of Palestine ⓘ administration of Transjordan ⓘ administration of southern Syria ⓘ regional grain trade ⓘ |
| subdivisionType |
kaza
ⓘ
nahiye ⓘ sanjak ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Ottoman period ⓘ |
| usedCalendar |
Islamic calendar
ⓘ
Rumi calendar ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Vilayet of Damascus