Syrian Federation
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Federation of the Autonomous States of Syria Fédération des États Autonomes de Syrie | |||||||||||||||
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1922–1925 | |||||||||||||||
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Status | Federal state administered according to the French Mandate of Syria | ||||||||||||||
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• 1922–1925 | Subhi Bey Barakat | ||||||||||||||
Legislature | Federal Council[1] | ||||||||||||||
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• Established | 28 June 1922 | ||||||||||||||
• Dissolution effective | 1 January 1925 | ||||||||||||||
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119,000–120,000 km2 (46,000–46,000 sq mi) | |||||||||||||||
Currency | Syro-Lebanese pound | ||||||||||||||
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Today part of | Syria, Turkey | ||||||||||||||
a The capital was initially supposed to alternate between Aleppo and Damascus. Homs had also been considered to become the capital. |
The Syrian Federation (Arabic: الاتحاد السوري; French: Fédération Syrienne), officially the Federation of the Autonomous States of Syria (French: Fédération des États Autonomes de Syrie), was constituted on 28 June 1922 by High Commissary Gouraud.[2] It comprised the States of Aleppo, Damascus and of the Alawites,[3] spanning an area of 190,000 to 200,000 km2 (46,000 sq mi).[4] It was officially dissolved by decree of 5 December 1924, "which received its application starting from 1 January 1925".[5]
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References
- ^ Batsell, Walter Russell; Garfield, Wadsworth; Colegrove, Kenneth Wallace (1927). "European Economic and Political Survey".
- ^ Fouad Chéhab, 1902-1973, p. 62 ; Annales des sciences politiques ; Le mandat de la France sur la Syrie et le Grand-Liban .
- ^ Annales des sciences politiques ; Palmyre .
- ^ Le Conte, p. 287 .
- ^ Fouad Chéhab, 1902-1973, p. 62 ; Rapport sur la situation de la Syrie et du Liban, p. 9 .