Editing History of Jordan (section)

=== Early Ottoman period ===
The Levant, which has been under Mamluk control since 1250 and specifically the [[Burji Mamluks|Burji dynasty]] since 1382, was lost to the Ottomans after their victory in the [[Battle of Marj Dabiq]] that ended with the killing of the ruling [[Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri|Qansuh al-Ghuri]] in August 1516.<ref name="Faroqhi">{{cite book |author=Saraiya Faroqhi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e0p2cfVe6EEC&pg=PA60 |title=The Ottoman Empire: A Short History |publisher=Markus Wiener Publishers |year=2009 |isbn=9781558764491 |pages=60ff}}</ref><ref name="Cambridge 4982">{{cite book |author1=M. W. Daly |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i0KYzOISv_4C&pg=PA498 |title=The Cambridge History of Egypt |author2=Carl F. Petry |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1998 |isbn=9780521471374 |pages=498ff}}</ref> Initially, the Ottomans didn't interfere much east of the Jordan river, but the increased trade activity passing through Jordan and their new responsibilities towards the Hajj soon caused the establishment of a Government in Al-Karak and a Garrison in [[Shoubak|Al Shobak]]. Agricultural villages in Jordan witnessed a period of relative prosperity in the 16th century, benefiting from the stability and administrative structures the Ottomans brought.<ref name="VSS2">{{cite book |author=Eugene Rogan, Tariq Tell |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lh1_ernmsnwC |title=Village, Steppe and State: The Social Origins of Modern Jordan |publisher=British Academic Press |year=1994 |isbn=9781850438298 |pages=37, 47 |access-date=2016-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410044141/https://books.google.com/books?id=lh1_ernmsnwC |archive-date=2023-04-10 |url-status=live}}</ref> The region saw tribes vie for regional hegemony, as in contrast to other regions such as Palestine or Damascus, the Jordanian territory would have less Ottoman oversight, and at times virtually absent and reduced to annual tax collection visits.<ref name="VSS2" />  This allowed the tribes in the area to have much more autonomy. The Ottoman period would see the power players inside Jordan which were the Bani Amr-Banu Oqbah, the Mihaydat, and [[Al Fadl|Al-Fadl]], be replaced roughly by [[Majali|Al-Majali]], [[Al-Fayez]]-[[Bani Sakher]], and the Adwan respectively.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Peake |first=Frederick |title=A history of Jordan and its Tribes |publisher=University of Miami Press |year=1958 |location=Miami, United States |publication-date=1958 |pages=86}}</ref>