When did Hama become Ottoman?

Chronology

1. 1516
   Became Ottoman

   During Selim I's Syrian-Egyptian campaign the city came under Ottoman rule on 19 September 1516.

   Sultan: Selim I
2. 1832
   Left Ottoman rule

   The Egyptian army of Ibrahim Pasha, son of Muhammad Ali, occupied Syria; the city stayed under Egyptian rule until 1840.

   Sultan: Mahmud II
3. 1840
   Became Ottoman

   The Egyptian forces withdrew and the city returned to Ottoman rule.

   Sultan: Abdulmejid I
4. 1918
   Left Ottoman rule

   At the end of the First World War the Ottoman forces withdrew from Syria in October 1918.

   Sultan: Mehmed VI

How the total is counted: years of actual Ottoman rule are added up. Temporary occupations shorter than a year (that were reversed) are not subtracted; they appear as notes in the chronology.

In the atlas

On the atlas map the city lies in the region “Syria–Lebanon (Aleppo–Damascus)”. Map colours work at region level, so the city's own dates may differ from the region's by a few years.

Source: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, “HAMA” (Turkish); text written for the atlas.