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During the Ottoman conquest, the territory of Transjordan was a neglected governorate (mutasarrifiya) under the Vilayet of Syria.1 It consisted of the Ma’an and Houran sanjaqs. The Ottoman rulers were never able to establish effective control in the area, whose beduin inhabitants refused to pay taxes to the treasury and resisted military service in the Ottoman army.
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© 1972 Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands
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Aruri, N.H. (1972). The Historical Background. In: Jordan: A Study in Political Development (1921–1965). Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2773-1_2
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