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State of Jabal al-Druze Djebel Druze ŰŹŰšÙ Ű§Ùۯ۱ÙŰČ | |||||||||
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1 May 1921â9 September 1936 | |||||||||
Location of Jabal al-Druze (turquoise-blue) in the Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon | |||||||||
Status | Mandate of France | ||||||||
Capital | As-Suwayda | ||||||||
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Governor | |||||||||
âą 1921â1923 | Prince Salim Basha al-Atrash | ||||||||
âą 1935â1936 | Pierre Tarit | ||||||||
Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||||
âą Established | 1 May 1921 | ||||||||
âą Named "State of Souaida" | 4 March 1922 | ||||||||
âą Named "Jabal al-Druze" | 1 June 1927 | ||||||||
âą Disestablished | 9 September 1936 | ||||||||
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Jabal al-Druze (Arabic: ŰŹŰšÙ Ű§Ùۯ۱ÙŰČ, French: Djebel Druze) was an autonomous state in the French Mandate of Syria from 1921 to 1936, designed to function as a government for the local Druze population under French oversight.
Nomenclatureâ»
On 4 March 1922, it was proclaimed as the State of Souaida, after the capital As-Suwayda, but in 1927 it was renamed Jabal al-Druze/Jabal Druze State. The name comes from the Jabal al-Druze mountain.
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The Druze state was formed on 1 May 1921 in former Ottoman territory, while other statelets were installed in other parts of the Syrian mandate (e.g. the Alawite State in the Lattakia region). Jabal al-Druze was home to about 50,000 Druze. It was the first. And remains the only, autonomous entity to be populated and "governed by Druze." The 1925 Syrian Revolution began in Jabal al-Druze under the leadership of Sultan al-Atrash, and quickly spread to Damascus and other non-Druze areas outside the Jabal al-Druze region. Protests against the division of Syrian territory into statelets were a main theme of Syrian anti-colonial nationalism, "which eventually won the victory to reunite the entire French-mandated territory," except Lebanon (which had become independent) and Alexandretta, which was annexed to Turkey as the Hatay Province.
As a result of Syrian nationalist pressure, under the Franco-Syrian Treaty of 1936, Jabal al-Druze ceased to exist as an autonomous entity and was incorporated into Syria.
Religion | Inhabitants | Percentage |
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Druze | 43,000 | 84.8% |
Christians | 7,000 | 13.8% |
Sunni | 700 | 1.4% |
Total | 50,700 | 100% |
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Druze celebrating their independence in 1925
Governorsâ»
- Amir Salim Pasha al-Atrash (1 May 1921 â 15 September 1923)
- Trenga (provisional) (September 1923 â 6 March 1924)
- Gabriel Marie Victor Carbillet (6 March 1924 â 14 October 1925), provisional to 1 October 1924
- Sultan Pasha al-Atrash (18 July 1925 â 1 June 1927), chief of state; in dissidence
- Charles AndrĂ©a (15 October 1925 â 1927)
- Marie Joseph LĂ©on Augustin Henry (1927)
- Abel Jean Ernest ClĂ©ment-Grancourt (1927â1932)
- Claude-Gabriel-Renaud Massiet (3 February 1932 â 28 January 1934)
- Justin-Antoine Devicq (1934â1935)
- Pierre-Joseph-François Tarrit (1935 â 2 December 1936)
See alsoâ»
Referencesâ»
- ^ E. J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913â1936, Volume 2, page 301.
- ^ Jabal Druze: Heads of State: 1921â1936
External linksâ»
- Syria at WorldStatesmen.org.
- Map Archived 4 December 2012 at archive.today at unimaps.com.
- French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon
- Former countries in the Middle East
- Former protectorates
- History of the Druze
- States and territories established in 1921
- States and territories disestablished in 1936
- Former countries of the interwar period
- 1936 disestablishments in Asia
- 1921 establishments in Asia
- Druze in Syria