Najd Sanjak
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Demonym | Najdi | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1896 | 82,900 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1871 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1915 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | |||||||||||
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. It was part of the Baghdad vilayet from June 1871 to 1875, when it became part of the Basra Vilayet.
The mutasarrif was located in Hofuf, which was garrisoned by up to 600 men, the largest Ottoman force in the area.