Liwa of Gaza
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The Sanjak of Gaza was a sanjak
of the Damascus Eyalet
, Ottoman Empire
. It administrative center was within the Gaza City.
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 Damascus Eyalet
Damascus Eyalet
Damascus Eyalet was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire. Its reported area in the 19th century was . It became an eyalet after the Ottomans conquered it from the Mamluks in 1516.-Governors:* Janbirdi al-Ghazali * Ahmad ibn Ridwan...
, 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 administrative center was within the Gaza City.