State of Damascus
The State of Damascus (French: État de Damas; Arabic: دولة دمشق Dawlat 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.
State of Damascus | |||||||||||
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| 1920–1925 | |||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
| 25 July 1920 | |||||||||||
• Jabal Druze State separated | 1 May 1921 | ||||||||||
| 28 June 1922 | |||||||||||
| 1 January 1925 | |||||||||||
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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.
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