Gaza Sanjak (Arabic: سنجق غزة), known in Arabic as Bilād Ghazza (the Land of Gaza), was a sanjak of the Damascus Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire centered in Gaza, and spread northwards up to the Nahr al-‘Awja/the Yarkon River. In the 16th century it was divided into nawahi (singular: nahiya; third-level subdivisions): Gaza in the south and Ramla in the north along the Nahr Rūbīn/Wādī al-Ṣarār.[1]
| Gaza Sanjak سنجق غزة | |
|---|---|
| sanjak of the Ottoman Empire | |
| 1516–1916 | |
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| Capital | Gaza |
| History | |
• Ottoman Empire captured Syria | 1516 |
• Sykes–Picot Agreement | 16 May |
Gaza Sanjak "formed a passageway connecting Egypt and the Levant, precipitating bi-directional trade, conquest and population movements". Situated in the southern part of the Levantine coastal plain, Gaza Sanjak received less precipitation and was more prone to drought and nomadic incursion than more northerly regions.[2]
Marom and Taxel have shown that during the seventeenth to eighteenth centuries, nomadic economic and security pressures led to settlement abandonment around Majdal ‘Asqalān, and the southern coastal plain in general. The population of abandoned villages moved to surviving settlements, while the lands of abandoned settlements continued to be cultivated by neighboring villages.[2] Overall, during the 17th century, about half of all inhabited sites in the District of Gaza were abandoned.[3]
By 1800, settlement in the district expanded again. Migrations from Egypt, improved transportation and security conditions, and land reform led to the repopulation of deserted villages with the encouragement of the Ottoman authorities.[3]
List of settlements (1596)
editIn the 1596- daftar, the sanjak contained the following nahiyah and villages/town
Gaza Nahiyah
edit- Al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya,[4] Bayt Tima,[4] Hamama,[4] Al-Tina,[5] Yibna,[5] Isdud,[5] Arab Suqrir,[5] Deir al-Balah,[6] Burayr,[6] Jabalia,[6] Beit Lahia,[6] Al-Majdal, Askalan,[6] Bayt 'Affa,[6] Najd,[6] Ni'ilya,[6] Bayt Jirja,[7] Hiribya,[7] Qatra,[7] Iraq Suwaydan,[7] Kawkaba,[7] Beit Jimal Monastery,[7] Al-Batani al-Sharqi,[7] Al-Qubayba,[8] Al-Faluja,[8] Bayt Daras,[8] Al-Maghar,[8] Hatta,[9] Jusayr,[9] Zikrin,[9] Zayta,[9] Barqa,[9] Beit Hanoun,[9] Dayr Sunayd,[9] Simsim,[9] Al-Jaladiyya,[10] 'Ajjur,[10] Al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya,[11] Julis,[11] Karatiyya,[11] Bayt Jibrin,[11] Iraq al-Manshiyya,[11] Qastina,[11] Ibdis,[11] Idnibba,[12] Jilya,[12] Rafah,[12] Al-Jura,[12] Tell es-Safi,[12] Abasan al-Kabera,[12] Al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya,[13] Summil,[13] Barbara,[13] Al-Muharraqa,[13] Mughallis,[13] Yasur[13]
Ramla Nahiyah
edit- Qula,[13] Dayr Tarif,[13] Jaffa,[13] Jimzu,[14] Kharruba,[14] Barfiliya,[14] Sarafand al-Amar,[14] Artuf,[14] Bayt Susin,[14] Islin,[14] Al-Khayriyya,[15] Khulda,[15] Al-Tira,[15] Dayr Ayyub,[15] Qibya,[15] Bayt Nabala,[15] Budrus,[15] Bnei Brak,[15] Imwas,[15] Aqir,[15] Deir Qaddis,[16] Yalo,[16] al-Midya,[16] Shuqba,[16] Salama,[16] Sar'a,[16] Saqiya,[16] Lod,[16] Jisr Jindas,[17] Bayt Dajan,[17] Al-Safiriyya,[17] Al-'Abbasiyya,[17] Yazur,[17] Innaba,[17] Rantiya,[17] Bir Ma'in,[17] Bayt Shanna,[17] Ni'lin,[17] Kharbatha Bani Harith,[17] Kasla,[17] Aboud,[18] Beit Sira,[18] Kafr 'Ana[18]
References
edit- ^ Cohen, Amnon; Lewis, Bernard (1978). Population and Revenue in the Towns of Palestine in the Sixteenth Century. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 12. ISBN 9781400867790.
- ^ a b Marom, Roy; Taxel, Itamar (2023-10-01). "Ḥamāma: The historical geography of settlement continuity and change in Majdal 'Asqalan's hinterland, 1270–1750 CE". Journal of Historical Geography. 82: 49–65. doi:10.1016/j.jhg.2023.08.003. ISSN 0305-7488.
- ^ a b Marom, Roy; Taxel, Itamar (2024-10-10). "Hamama: The Palestinian Countryside in Bloom (1750–1948)". Journal of Islamic Archaeology. 11 (1): 83–110. doi:10.1558/jia.26586. ISSN 2051-9729.
- ^ a b c Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 142
- ^ a b c d Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 143
- ^ a b c d e f g h Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 144
- ^ a b c d e f g Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 145
- ^ a b c d Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 146
- ^ a b c d e f g h Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 147
- ^ a b Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 148
- ^ a b c d e f g Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 149
- ^ a b c d e f Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 150
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 151
- ^ a b c d e f g Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 152
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 153
- ^ a b c d e f g h Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 154
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 155
- ^ a b c Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 156
Bibliography
edit- Hütteroth, W.-D.; Abdulfattah, K. (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2.