Aleppo Sanjak Explained

Native Name:سنجق حلب
Conventional Long Name:Aleppo Sanjak
Haleb Sancağı
Common Name:Aleppo Sanjak
Subdivision:sanjak
Nation:the Ottoman Empire
under Aleppo Eyalet (1549–1865)
under Aleppo Vilayet (1865–1918)
Year Start:1549
Event End:Armistice of Mudros
Year End:1918
Image Map Caption:Aleppo Sanjak in 1914
Border P1:border
S1:Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
Border S2:no
Capital:Aleppo
Today:Syria
Turkey

The Aleppo Sanjak (Arabic: سنجق حلب) was a prefecture (sanjak) of the Ottoman Empire, located in modern-day Syria and Turkey. The city of Aleppo was the Sanjak's capital.[1]

Subdistricts

Later history

The territory of Aleppo Sanjak was divided between Turkey and Syria. Antakya and İskenderun (kazas of Halep Sanjak) were part of Syria after the Turkish War of Independence, but they became Hatay State in 1938, and finally joined Turkey in 1939.

References

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Karpat, K.H. . Ottoman population, 1830-1914: demographic and social characteristics . University of Wisconsin Pres . Madison, Wis . 1985 .
  2. Web site: Haleb Vilayeti. tr. 8 October 2009. 8 December 2017.