Native Name: | سنجق حماة |
Conventional Long Name: | Hama Sanjak Hama Sancağı |
Common Name: | Hama Sanjak |
Subdivision: | sanjak |
Nation: | the Ottoman Empire Under Aleppo Eyalet (1549–1579) Under Tripoli Eyalet (1579–1864) Under Syria Vilayet (1864–1918) |
Year Start: | 1549 |
Event End: | Armistice of Mudros |
Year End: | 1918 |
Image Map Caption: | Hama Sanjak in 1914 |
Border P1: | border |
S1: | Occupied Enemy Territory Administration |
Border S2: | no |
Capital: | Hama |
Today: | Syria |
The Hama Sanjak (Arabic: سنجق حماة) was a prefecture (sanjak) of the Ottoman Empire, located in modern-day Syria. The city of Hama was the Sanjak's capital. It had a population of 200,410 in 1914.[1] The Sanjak of Hama shared same region with Sanjak of Homs and Sanjak of Salamiyah.[2]