Editing Emirate of Transjordan (section)

===Late Ottoman rule===
[[File:Peel-Commission Report Map1 AdminDistrictsSyriaPalestine 1154x1846.png|thumb|left|Ottoman Sanjaks covering the areas of Palestine, Transjordan, and Syria]]
Under the [[Ottoman Empire]], most of Transjordan was part of the [[Syria Vilayet]],<ref>Y. Ben Gad (1991) p 105.</ref> primarily the sanjaks of [[Hauran Sanjak|Hauran]] and [[Ma'an]]. The inhabitants of northern Transjordan had traditionally associated with Syria, and those of southern Transjordan with the [[Arabian Peninsula]]. There was no Ottoman district known as Transjordan, there were the districts [[Ajloun|Ajlun]], [[Balqa (region)|al-Balqa]], [[al-Karak]] and [[Ma'an]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Rogan |first=Eugene L. |title=Frontiers of the State in the Late Ottoman Empire: Transjordan, 1850–1921 |date=2002-04-11 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-89223-0 |page=23}}</ref>
In the second half of the nineteenth century, The [[Tanzimat]] laid the foundation for state formation in the area.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.openedition.org/ifpo/5002 |title=The Impact of Ottoman Reforms:Tanzimat, administrative boundaries and Ottoman cadastre |chapter=The Impact of Ottoman Reforms |date=2013 |website=Publications de l’Institut français du Proche-Orient |series=Contemporain publications |pages=198–201 |publisher=Presses de l’Ifpo |isbn=9782351594384 |access-date=23 May 2019 |archive-date=29 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929035405/https://books.openedition.org/ifpo/5002 |url-status=live }}</ref> 
The [[Hejaz railway]] was completed in 1908 and greatly facilitated the Hajj pilgrimage along the Syrian route from Damascus as well as extending the Ottoman military and administrative reach southwards.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.openedition.org/ifpo/5005 |title=The Hijaz Railway |date=2013 |website=Publications de l’Institut français du Proche-Orient |series=Contemporain publications |pages=205–208 |publisher=Presses de l’Ifpo |isbn=9782351594384 |access-date=23 May 2019 |archive-date=16 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216020222/https://books.openedition.org/ifpo/5005 |url-status=live }}</ref>