Damascus Sanjak
{{Infobox Former Subdivision
|native_name =
|conventional_long_name = Damascus Sanjak
Şam Sancağı
|common_name = Damascus Sanjak
|subdivision = sanjak
|nation = the Ottoman Empire
under Damascus Eyalet (1549–1865)
under Sidon Eyalet (1660–1864)
under Damascus Vilayet (1865–1918)
|year_start = 1549
|event_end = Armistice of Mudros
|year_end = 1918
|date_end =
|image_coat = Osmanli-nisani.svg
|image_map = Sanjak_of_Damascus_Ottoman_Empire,_1914.png
|image_map_caption = Damascus Sanjak is the central Syrian sajak
|p1 =
|flag_p1 =
|border_p1 = border
|image_p1 =
|s1 = Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
|flag_s2 =
|border_s2 = no
|image_s2 =
|capital = Damascus
|footnotes =
}}
The Damascus Sanjak ({{langx|tr|Şam Sancağı}}; {{langx|ar|سنجق دمشق}}) was a prefecture (sanjak) of the Ottoman Empire, occupying the center of Ottoman Syria, located in modern-day Syria and Lebanon. The city of Damascus was the Sanjak's capital.{{cite book|last=Karpat |first=K.H. |title=Ottoman population, 1830-1914: demographic and social characteristics |publisher=University of Wisconsin Pres |location=Madison, Wis |year=1985 |pages=}} It was bordered by the Hauran Sanjak to the south, Hama Sanjak to the north, and Beirut Vilayet to the west.
Subdistricts
Later history
When dividing Ottoman Syria, the French mandate authorities detached the westernmost part of the sanjak and allocated it to its newly created Greater Lebanon, while the rest remained in the shriveled Syrian state.
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Category:States and territories established in 1549
Category:1549 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
Category:1918 disestablishments in the Ottoman Empire