State of Damascus
State of Damascus | |||||||||||
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1920–1925 | |||||||||||
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French Mandate of Syria) | |||||||||||
Capital | Damascus | ||||||||||
Common languages | French Arabic | ||||||||||
Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||||||
25 July 1920 | |||||||||||
• Jabal Druze State separated | 1 May 1921 | ||||||||||
28 June 1922 | |||||||||||
1 January 1925 | |||||||||||
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The State of Damascus (
French Mandate of Syria which followed the San Remo conference of 1920 and the defeat of King Faisal
's short-lived monarchy in Syria.
The other states were the
State of Jabal Druze (1921), the Sanjak of Alexandretta (1921), and the State of Greater Lebanon (1920), which later became the modern country of Lebanon
.
Establishment
The State of Damascus was declared by the French General
Orontes
river valley.
The new Damascus state lost four Qada's (sub-districts) that had been part of the Vilayet (district) of Damascus during Ottoman times to the mainly
Muslim
, also protested the separation from Damascus.
Syrian Federation and the State of Syria
On 28 June 1922, general Gouraud announced the Syrian Federation which included the states of Damascus, Aleppo, and the Alawite state. In 1924, the Alawite State was separated again. The Syrian Federation became the State of Syria on 1 January 1925.
Population
General Distribution of Population in the State of Damascus according to the French census in 1921-22[2] | |||||||
Religion | Inhabitants | Percentage | |||||
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Sunni |
447,000 | 75.1% | |||||
Christians | 67,000 | 11.3% | |||||
Foreigners | 49,000 | 8.2% | |||||
Twelvers |
9,000 | 1.5% | |||||
Ismailis |
8,000 | 1.3% | |||||
Jews | 6,000 | 1.1% | |||||
Alawis |
5,000 | 0.8% | |||||
Druzes |
4,000 | 0.7% | |||||
Total | 595,000 | 100% |
See also
- French Mandate of Syria
- State of Alawites
- Jabal el Druze (state)
- Alexandretta / Hatay
- State of Aleppo
- List of French possessions and colonies
- French colonial empire
- French colonial flags
References
- ^ Syrian History: Timeline
- ^ E. J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936, Volume 2, page 301