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Nablus Sanjak
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “historical administrative area that existed throughout ottoman rule of palestine and to a lesser extent during”. Today it says “administrative area that existed throughout ottoman rule in the levant”.
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Ottoman administrative area in the Levant (1549–1918) Today part of Palestine Israel The Nablus Sanjak ( Arabic : سنجق نابلس ; Turkish : Nablus Sancağı ) was an administrative area that existed throughout Ottoman rule in the Levant (1517–1917). It was administratively part of the Damascus Eyalet until 1864 when it became part of Syria Vilayet and then the Beirut Vilayet in 1888.
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Then
historical administrative area that existed throughout ottoman rule of palestine and to a lesser extent during
Now
administrative area that existed throughout ottoman rule in the levant
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