Najd Sanjak | |||||||||||
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Sanjak of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||||
1871–1915 | |||||||||||
1886 map showing part of the sanjak of Nejd (Liva de Nedjed) | |||||||||||
Capital | Hofuf[1] | ||||||||||
Demonym | Najdi | ||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||
• 1896[2] | 82,900 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1871 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1915 | ||||||||||
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Today part of | Saudi Arabia Qatar Kuwait |
The Sanjak of Najd (Arabic: لواء نجد) was a sanjak (second-level province) of the Ottoman Empire. The name is considered misleading, as it covered the al-Hasa region, rather than the much larger Najd region.[1] It was part of the Baghdad Vilayet from June 1871 to 1875, when it became part of the Basra Vilayet.[3]
The mutasarrif was located in Hofuf, which was garrisoned by up to 600 men, the largest Ottoman force in the area.[1]