The Mutasarrifate of Karak ( tr, Kerek Mutasarrıflığı), also known as the Sanjak of Karak, was an Ottoman district with special administrative status established in 1895, located in modern-day
Jordan
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. The city of
Karak Karak may refer to:
Places
* Al-Karak or Kerak, city and Crusader castle in Jordan
** Karak Governorate, Jordan
* al-Karak, Syria, city in Syria's Daraa Governorate
* Karak Nuh, village in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon
* Karak, Iran (disambiguation) ...
was the district's capital. It had a population of 72,562 in 1914.
History
In May 1892, a proposal was made for a regional government centered in
Ma'an (previously known as Sanjak of Ma'an founded in 1579 as part of
Eyalet of Damascus) which was approved in August.
In mid-1895, the centre of this
mutasarrifiyya was moved to
Karak Karak may refer to:
Places
* Al-Karak or Kerak, city and Crusader castle in Jordan
** Karak Governorate, Jordan
* al-Karak, Syria, city in Syria's Daraa Governorate
* Karak Nuh, village in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon
* Karak, Iran (disambiguation) ...
, marking the southernmost extent of Ottoman rule in the
vilayet of Syria.
Subdistricts
The Mutasarrifate of Karak was made up of four districts (
kazas):
* Kaza of
Karak Karak may refer to:
Places
* Al-Karak or Kerak, city and Crusader castle in Jordan
** Karak Governorate, Jordan
* al-Karak, Syria, city in Syria's Daraa Governorate
* Karak Nuh, village in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon
* Karak, Iran (disambiguation) ...
(Kerek)
* Kaza of
Al-Salt
* Kaza of
Ma'an
* Kaza of
Tafilah (Tafîle)
References
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States and territories established in the 19th century
Sanjaks of Ottoman Syria
19th-century establishments in the Ottoman Empire
1918 disestablishments in the Ottoman Empire