Gaza Sanjak ( ar, سنجق غزة) was a
sanjak
Sanjaks (liwāʾ) (plural form: alwiyāʾ)
* Armenian: նահանգ (''nahang''; meaning "province")
* Bulgarian: окръг ('' okrǔg''; meaning "county", "province", or "region")
* el, Διοίκησις (''dioikēsis'', meaning "province ...
of the
Damascus Eyalet
ota, ایالت شام
, conventional_long_name = Damascus Eyalet
, common_name = Damascus Eyalet
, subdivision = Eyalet
, nation = the Ottoman Empire
, year_start = 1516
, year_end ...
,
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
centered in
Gaza. In the 16th century it was divided into ''nawahi'' (singular: ''nahiya''; third-level subdivisions): Gaza in the south and
Ramla
Ramla or Ramle ( he, רַמְלָה, ''Ramlā''; ar, الرملة, ''ar-Ramleh'') is a city in the Central District of Israel. Today, Ramle is one of Israel's mixed cities, with both a significant Jewish and Arab populations.
The city was ...
in the north.
List of settlements
In the 1596-
daftar
A ''defter'' (plural: ''defterler'') was a type of tax register and land cadastre in the Ottoman Empire.
Description
The information collected could vary, but ''tahrir defterleri'' typically included details of villages, dwellings, household ...
, the sanjak contained the following
nahiyah
A nāḥiyah ( ar, , plural ''nawāḥī'' ), also nahiya or nahia, is a regional or local type of administrative division that usually consists of a number of villages or sometimes smaller towns. In Tajikistan, it is a second-level division w ...
and villages/town
Gaza Nahiyah
*
Al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya
Al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 War on May 18, 1948, as part of the second stage of Operation Barak. The village was located 32 km northeast of Gaza.
Hist ...
,
[ Bayt Tima,][ Hamama,][Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 142] Al-Tina,[ ]Yibna
Yibna ( ar, يبنى; ''Jabneh'' or ''Jabneel'' in Biblical times; ''Jamnia'' in Roman times; '' Ibelin'' to the Crusaders), or Tel Yavne is an archaeological site and depopulated Palestinian town. The ruins are located immediately southeast o ...
,[ Isdud,][ Arab Suqrir,][Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 143] Deir al-Balah
Deir al-Balah or Deir al Balah ( ar, دير البلح, , Monastery of the Date Palm) is a Palestinian city in the central Gaza Strip and the administrative capital of the Deir el-Balah Governorate. It is located over south of Gaza City. The c ...
,[ Burayr,][ ]Jabalia
Jabalia also Jabalya ( ar, جباليا) is a Palestinian city located north of Gaza City. It is under the jurisdiction of the North Gaza Governorate, in the Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Jabalia had a pop ...
,[ Beit Lahia,][ ]Al-Majdal, Askalan
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,[ Bayt 'Affa,][ ]Najd
Najd ( ar, نَجْدٌ, ), or the Nejd, forms the geographic center of Saudi Arabia, accounting for about a third of the country's modern population and, since the Emirate of Diriyah, acting as the base for all unification campaigns by the ...
,[ Ni'ilya,][Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 144] Bayt Jirja,[ Hiribya,][ ]Qatra
Qatra ( ar, قطرة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, located southwest of the city of Ramla and west of Jerusalem, some above sea level.Bromiley, 1994, pp. 5-6. It was depopulated in May 1948.
History
Qatra was a Ca ...
,[ ]Iraq Suwaydan
Iraq Suwaydan ( ar, عراق سويدان, he, עיראק סווידאן) was a Palestinian Arab village located northeast of Gaza City. It was captured by Israeli forces in Operation Yoav against the defending Egyptian Army during the 1948 Ar ...
,[ Kawkaba,][ Beit Jimal Monastery,][ Al-Batani al-Sharqi,][Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 145] Al-Qubayba,[ ]Al-Faluja
al-Faluja ( ar, الفالوجة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the British Mandate for Palestine, located 30 kilometers northeast of Gaza City. The village and the neighbouring village of Iraq al-Manshiyya formed part of the Faluja pocket, ...
,[ Bayt Daras,][ Al-Maghar,][Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 146] Hatta,[ Jusayr,][ Zikrin,][ Zayta,][ ]Barqa
Cyrenaica ( ) or Kyrenaika ( ar, برقة, Barqah, grc-koi, Κυρηναϊκή ��παρχίαKurēnaïkḗ parkhíā}, after the city of Cyrene), is the eastern region of Libya. Cyrenaica includes all of the eastern part of Libya between ...
,[ ]Beit Hanoun
Beit Hanoun or Beit Hanun ( ar, بيت حانون) is a city on the northeast edge of the Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 32,187 in mid-2006. It is administered by the Hamas adm ...
,[ Dayr Sunayd,][ Simsim,][Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 147] Al-Jaladiyya,[ 'Ajjur,][Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 148] Al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya
Al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 War on May 18, 1948, during the second stage of Operation Barak. It was located 30 km northeast of Gaza city.
History
Rema ...
,[ ]Julis
Julis ( ar, جولس ''Jūlis'', he, ג'וּלִס ''G'ulis'') is a Druze village and local council in the Northern District of Israel. In it had a population of .
Etymology
According to local legend, the name is derived from "Julius," the na ...
,[ Karatiyya,][ ]Bayt Jibrin
Bayt Jibrin or Beit Jibrin ( ar, بيت جبرين; he, בית גוברין, translit=Beit Gubrin) was a Palestinian village located northwest of the city of Hebron. The village had a total land area of 56,185 dunams or , of which we ...
,[ ]Iraq al-Manshiyya
Iraq al-Manshiyya ( ar, عراق المنشية) was a Palestinian Arab village located 32 km northeast of Gaza City. The village contained two mosques and a shrine for Shaykh Ahmad al-Arayni. It was depopulated after the 1948 Arab-Israeli Wa ...
,[ Qastina,][ Ibdis,][Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 149] Idnibba,[ Jilya,][ ]Rafah
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,[ ]Al-Jura
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,[ Tell es-Safi,][ Abasan al-Kabera,][Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 150] Al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya,[ Summil,][ ]Barbara
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People
* Barbara (given name)
* Barbara (painter) (1915–2002), pseudonym of Olga Biglieri, Italian futurist painter
* Barbara (singer) (1930–1997), French singer
* Barbara Popović (born 2000), also known mononymously ...
,[ Al-Muharraqa,][ Mughallis,][ Yasur][
]
Ramla Nahiyah
* Qula,[ Dayr Tarif,][ ]Jaffa
Jaffa, in Hebrew Yafo ( he, יָפוֹ, ) and in Arabic Yafa ( ar, يَافَا) and also called Japho or Joppa, the southern and oldest part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, is an ancient port city in Israel. Jaffa is known for its association with the b ...
,[Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 151] Jimzu,[ Kharruba,][ Barfiliya,][ Sarafand al-Amar,][ Artuf,][ Bayt Susin,][ Islin,][Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 152] Al-Khayriyya,[ Khulda,][ Al-Tira,][ Dayr Ayyub,][ ]Qibya
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,[ Bayt Nabala,][ Budrus,][ ]Bnei Brak
Bnei Brak or Bene Beraq ( he, בְּנֵי בְּרַק ) is a city located on the central Mediterranean coastal plain in Israel, just east of Tel Aviv. A center of Haredi Judaism, Bnei Brak covers an area of 709 hectares (1752 acres, or 2.74 s ...
,[ Imwas,][ Aqir,][Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 153] Deir Qaddis,[ Yalo,][ al-Midya,][ Shuqba,][ Salama,][ Sar'a,][ Saqiya,][ ]Lod
Lod ( he, לוד, or fully vocalized ; ar, اللد, al-Lidd or ), also known as Lydda ( grc, Λύδδα), is a city southeast of Tel Aviv and northwest of Jerusalem in the Central District of Israel. It is situated between the lower Shephe ...
,[Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 154] Jisr Jindas
Jisr Jindas, Arabic for "Jindas Bridge", also known as Baybars Bridge, was built in 1273 CE. It crosses a small wadi, known in Hebrew as the Ayalon River, on the old road leading south to Lod and Ramla.Petersen, 2001, p183/ref> The bridge is nam ...
,[ Bayt Dajan,][ Al-Safiriyya,][ Al-'Abbasiyya,][ Yazur,][ Innaba,][ Rantiya,][ Bir Ma'in,][ Bayt Shanna,][ Ni'lin,][ Kharbatha Bani Harith,][ Kasla,][Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 155] Aboud,[ Beit Sira,][ Kafr 'Ana][Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 156]
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