Occupation of Zor
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The Occupation of Zor was the 1918–1920 occupation of the
Emir Faisal. Contrary to the intentions of the Iraqi nationalists, the occupation ensured that the region became part of the modern state of Syria.[1]
The territory was located between the Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (OETA) in Syria on the West and British-occupied Iraq (1918–1920) on the East.
The governors of occupied Zor were, in order:
Covenant Society.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Tauber 1991, p. 379.
- ^ Tauber 1991.
Bibliography
- Christian Velud. (1988). Histoire des recherches à Doura-Europos: Contexte historique régional des fouilles de Doura-europos entre les deux Guerres mondiales. Syria, 65(3/4), 363-382. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/4198721
- Tauber, Eliezer (1991). "The Struggle for Dayr al-Zur: The Determination of Borders between Syria and Iraq". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 23 (3). Cambridge University Press: 361–385. JSTOR 164487.
- Gertrude Bell (1920) Review of the civil administration of Mesopotamia, Cmd 1061
- Isaiah Friedman (8 September 2017). British Miscalculations: The Rise of Muslim Nationalism, 1918-1925. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-351-53067-5.