Sanjak of Zor

The Sanjak of Zor^[1] was a sanjak of the Ottoman Empire. It was spun off from the Vilayet of Baghdad in 1857.^[1]

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.^[2] At the beginning of the 20th century, the sanjak had an area of 38,600 square miles (100,000 km²),^[3] and an estimated population of 100,000, mostly Arab nomads.^[2] The capital itself was just a village before becoming the centre of the sanjak.^[2]

Administrative divisions

Kazas of the Sanjak:^[4]

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

References

1. ^ ^{a b}  Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Bagdad, Turkey (Vilayet)". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Bagdad,_Turkey_%28Vilayet%29. 
2. ^ ^{a b c}  Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Deir". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Deir. 
3. ^ Asia by A. H. Keane, page 460
4. ^ Zor Mutasarrıflığı | Tarih ve Medeniyet