Ottoman Syria

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Ottoman Syria
Region of the Ottoman Empire
1516–1918
Flag of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman territories which correspond with the Syrian provinces are shown in purple
Capital	Administered from Istanbul
Area
• Coordinates	34°N 37°E / 34°N 37°E / 34; 37
• Type	Monarchy
History
• Battle of Marj Dabiq	1516
• First Egyptian–Ottoman War	1831–1833
• Second Egyptian–Ottoman War	1839–1841
• Sinai and Palestine campaign	1918
Preceded by Succeeded by Mamluk Sultanate Occupied Enemy Territory Administration

Ottoman Syria (Arabic: سوريا العثمانية) is a historiographical term used to describe the group of divisions of the Ottoman Empire within the region of Levant, usually defined as being east of the Mediterranean Sea, west of the Euphrates River, north of the Arabian Desert and south of the Taurus Mountains.^[1]

Ottoman Syria became organized by the Ottomans upon conquest from the Mamluk Sultanate in the early 16th century as a single eyalet (province) of Damascus Eyalet. In 1534, the Aleppo Eyalet was split into a separate administration. The Tripoli Eyalet was formed out of Damascus province in 1579 and later the Adana Eyalet was split from Aleppo. In 1660, the Eyalet of Safed was established and shortly afterwards renamed Sidon Eyalet; in 1667, the Mount Lebanon Emirate was given special autonomous status within the Sidon province, but was abolished in 1841 and reconfigured in 1861 as the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate. The Syrian eyalets were later transformed into the Syria Vilayet, the Aleppo Vilayet and the Beirut Vilayet, following the 1864 Tanzimat reforms. Finally, in 1872, the Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem was split from the Syria Vilayet into an autonomous administration with special status.