- For the religious group from Syria, see ‘Alawi; for the religious group from Turkey, see Alevi; for the dynasty of Morocco, see Alaouite Dynasty; for the former state now in Yemen, see Alawi (sheikhdom)
Alawite State
دولة العلويين
État des Alaouites |
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The Alawite State (green) in the Mandate of Syria. |
| Capital |
Latakia |
| Language(s) |
Arabic, French |
| Religion |
Alawite |
| Political structure |
League of Nations Mandate |
| Governor |
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Niéger |
| - 1925-1936 |
H. Schoeffler |
| Historical era |
Interwar period |
| - French occupation |
1918 |
| - Established |
September 2, 1920 |
| - State declared |
September 29, 1923 |
| - Named Alawite State |
January 1, 1925 |
| - Named Sanjak of Latakia |
September 22, 1930 |
| - Disestablished |
December 5, 1936 |
The Alawite State (Arabic: دولة جبل العلويين, Dawlat Jabal Al-Alawiyuna), also known in French as Alaouites, after the locally dominant Alawite sect of Shi'a, was a French mandate territory in the coastal area of present-day Syria after World War I.[1]
[edit] History
The collapse of the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I brought on a scramble to take control of various provinces of the disintegrating empire. France occupied Syria in 1918, and received the Alawite Territory as a mandate from the League of Nations on September 2, 1920. Initially it was an autonomous territory under French rule, but on 1 July 1922 was incorporated into French Syria.
On September 29, 1923, it was declared a state with the port city of Latakia as its capital, and on 1 January 1925 was formally renamed the Alawite State.
On September 22, 1930, it was renamed the Sanjak of Latakia. The population at this time was 278,000.
On 5 December 1936 (effective in 1937) it was fully incorporated into Syria.
[edit] French Governors
- 2 September 1920 - 192. Niéger
- 192. - 1 July 1922 Gaston Henri Gustave Billotte (b. 1875 - d. 1940)
- 1 January 1925 - 1925 Léon Henri Charles Cayla (b. 1881 - d. 1965)
- 1925 - 5 December 1936 H. Schoeffler
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Alawite Territory (Latakia), From worldstatesmen.org
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