Deir ez-Zor Vilayet
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The Sanjak of Zor was a sanjak
of the Ottoman Empire
. It was spun off from the Vilayet of Baghdad in 1857.
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. At the beginning of the 20th century, the sanjak had an area of 38600 square miles (99,973.5 km²), and an estimated population of 100,000, mostly Arab nomads. The capital itself was just a village before becoming the centre of the sanjak.
Sanjak
Sanjaks were administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire. Sanjak, and the variant spellings sandjak, sanjaq, and sinjaq, are English transliterations of the Turkish word sancak, meaning district, banner, or flag...
of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
. It was spun off from the Vilayet of Baghdad in 1857.
The capital was Deir Ez-Zor, a town on the right bank of the Euphrates
Euphrates
The Euphrates is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia...
, which was also the only considerable town of the sanjak. At the beginning of the 20th century, the sanjak had an area of 38600 square miles (99,973.5 km²), and an estimated population of 100,000, mostly Arab nomads. The capital itself was just a village before becoming the centre of the sanjak.
Administrative divisions
Kazas of the Sanjak:- Kaza of Deyr
- Kaza of Resü'l Ayn
- Kaza of Asare
- Kaza of Ebukemal