Damascus (Eyalet)

Eyalet Damascus ( Ottoman. ایالت شام; Eyālet-i Šām ) ^[1] - Eyalet in the Ottoman Empire . The area of ​​the ejalet in the 19th century is 51,900 km ^{2 [2]} .

Eyalet
Eyalet Damascus
osman. ایالت شام
A country	Ottoman Empire
Adm. center	Damascus
History and Geography
Date of formation	1516 year
Date of Abolition	1864 year
Area	51 900 km²
Continuity ← Mamluk Sultanate Eyalet Sidon → Eyalet Aleppo → Eyalet Tripoli → Vilayet Syria →

Eyalet was formed after the liberation of Damascus from the Mamluks in 1516 ^[3] . Zhanberdi al-Ghazali , a traitor to the Mamluks, became the first ruler of Damascus ^[4] .

Damascus Eyale was one of the first Ottoman provinces to turn into a vilayet after the administrative reform of 1865 . In 1867, Eyale Damascus was transformed into Damascus vilayet.