Ottoman Syria
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the region of Syria under the Ottoman Empire (1516–1918)
Key facts
- Capital
- Administered from Istanbul
- Type
- Monarchy
- First egyptian ottoman war
- 1831–1833
- Second egyptian ottoman war
- 1839–1841
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Ottoman Syria (Arabic: سوريا العثمانية) is a historiographical term used to describe the group of divisions of the Ottoman Empire within the region of the Levant, usually defined as being east of the Mediterranean Sea, west of the Euphrates River, north of the Arabian Desert and south of the Taurus Mountains.
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