Administration
The Ottoman Adana sancak emerged in 1608, when the Ramadanid rule over the Plain of Cilicia ended with the conquest of the Ottoman Sultan Selim I. As part of the Adana Vilayet, the Adana sancak comprised the three kazas of Adana (seat of government), Hamidiye, and Karaisali.
Armenian Population
According to the census of the Armenian Apostolic Patriarchate of Constantinople, there lived 27,900 Armenians in six localities of the Adana sancak on the eve of the First World War, maintaining four churches and 25 schools with an enrolment of 2,755 students.[1]
