Zor Sanjak Explained

Native Name:Deyr-i-Zor sancağı
Conventional Long Name:Sanjak of Zor
Common Name:Zor Sanjak
Subdivision:Sanjak
Nation:the Ottoman Empire
Year Start:1857
Year End:1917
P1:Vilayet of Baghdad
Flag P1:Ottoman Flag.svg
S1:Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
Image Map Caption:Zor Sanjak in 1900
Capital:Deir Ez-Zor
Today:Syria
Turkey
Stat Year1:1900s
Stat Area1:100,000
Stat Pop1:100,000

The Sanjak of Zor[1] (Turkish: Deyr-i-Zor sancağı) was a sanjak of the Ottoman Empire, which was created in 1857. Some of its area was separated from the Baghdad Vilayet.[1] Zor was sometimes mentioned as being part of the Aleppo Vilayet,[2] [3] or of the Syria Vilayet.[4]

The capital was Deir Ez-Zor, a town on the right (i.e., south) bank of the Euphrates, which was also the only considerable town of the sanjak.[5] At the beginning of the 20th century, the sanjak had an area of 38600sqmi,[6] and an estimated population of 100,000, mostly Arab nomads.[5] The capital itself was just a village before becoming the centre of the sanjak.[5]

After the fall of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, Ottoman forces withdrew from the area leaving a no man's land. The region was subsequently occupied by Iraqi nationalists representing the Arab Kingdom of Syria in Damascus, and after the Paulet–Newcombe Agreement in 1923, it became part of the French Mandate for Syria.

Administrative divisions

thumb|right|250px|Map of Zor Sanjak in 1907Kazas of the Sanjak:[7]

  1. Kaza of Deyr
  2. Kaza of Resü'l Ayn
  3. Kaza of Asare
  4. Kaza of Ebukemal

Notes and References

  1. Bagdad (vilayet). John Punnett . Peters. 3. 193.
  2. Book: Pavet de Courteille, Abel. Abel Pavet de Courteille

    . Abel Pavet de Courteille. État présent de l'empire ottoman. 1876. J. Dumaine. 91–96. French.

  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=082osLxyBDgC&dq=Zor&pg=PA647 Studies on Ottoman Social and Political History: Selected Articles and Essays
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=cVQDZFM1T2IC&pg=PA1796 Geographical Dictionary of the World in the early 20th Century
  5. Deir. John Punnett . Peters. 7. 933.
  6. https://archive.org/stream/asiakeane00kean#page/460/mode/1up Asia
  7. http://tarihvemedeniyet.org/2009/10/zor-mutasarrifligi/ Zor Mutasarrıflığı | Tarih ve Medeniyet