Ka cika wannan jumla: A zamanin Mamluks, yankin lardin Bilad a-Sham ne (Siriya). Ya kasance
An ci nasara da Sultan Selim I na Turkiyya a 1516-17 kuma ya zama wani ɓangare na lardin Ottoman Syria na ƙarni huɗu masu zuwa, da farko a matsayin Damascus Eyalet kuma daga baya a matsayin Syria Vilayet (bayan sake fasalin Tanzimat na 1864).