Location of the State of Damascus (yellow) within the Mandate for Syria
Status
1920–1922 State administered according to the French Mandate of Syria 1922–1925 State of the Syrian Federation (administered according to the French Mandate of Syria)
Capital
Damascus
Common languages
French Arabic
Historical era
Interwar period
• French Mandate
25 July 1920
• Jabal Druze State separated
1 May 1921
• Federation
28 June 1922
• Unification with State of Aleppo
1 January 1925
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Arab Kingdom of Syria
1921: Jabal Druze State
1922: Syrian Federation
The State of Damascus (French: État de Damas; Arabic: دولة دمشقDawlat Dimashq) was one of the six states established by the French General Henri Gouraud in the 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 Aleppo (1920), the State of Alawites (1920), 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.
The StateofDamascus (French: État de Damas; Arabic: دولة دمشق Dawlat Dimashq) was one of the six states established by the French General Henri Gouraud...
Damascus (/dəˈmæskəs/ də-MASK-əs, UK also /dəˈmɑːskəs/ də-MAH-skəs; Arabic: دِمَشق, romanized: Dimašq) is the capital and largest city of Syria, the oldest...
complex in Damascus, Syria, destroying the building housing its consular section. Sixteen people were killed in the strike, including eight officers of the Islamic...
the StateofDamascus (1920), the Alawite State (1920), the Stateof Jabal Druze (1921), the Sanjak of Alexandretta (1921), as well as the Stateof Greater...
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Alawite State as an independent state with Latakia as its capital, and separately unified the States of Aleppo and Damascus into a single State called...
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the States of Aleppo, Damascus, and of the Alawites, spanning an area of 119,000 to 120,000 km2. It was officially dissolved by decree of 5 December,...
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in Damascus on 25 June 1919, it was met with a flurry of leaflets saying "Independence or Death". On 2 July the Syrian National Congress in Damascus passed...
Included StateofDamascus, Alawite State, and Stateof Aleppo (including Sanjak of Alexandretta), which were the former territorial components of the briefly...
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...
that have disincorporated. Albina Beaver Hill Damascus (Damascus' disincorporation was reversed as of 2019, then restored in 2020) East Portland Freewater...
Mandatory Syria (StateofDamascus) off from the lake. The British and French Agreement provided that existing rights over the use of the waters of the river...
following is a timeline of the history of the city ofDamascus, Syria. 965 BCE – Ezron, King of Aram-Zobah conquers Damascus 843 BCE – Hazael assassinated...