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Territory of the Alawites (1920–1922) Territoire des Alaouites Alawite State (1922–1936) État des Alaouites دولة العلويين | |||||||||||||
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| 1920–1936 | |||||||||||||
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 The Alawite State (purple) in the Mandate of Latakia | |||||||||||||
| Status | 1920–1922 Territory administered according to the Mandate for Syria and Lebanon 1922–1924 State of the Syrian Federation (administered according to the Mandate for Syria and Lebanon) 1925–1936 State administered according to the Mandate for Syria and Lebanon | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | French Arabic | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Shia Islam (Alawism), Sunni Islam, Christianity | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||||||||
• French occupation | 1918 | ||||||||||||
• Established | 2 September 1920 | ||||||||||||
• State declared | 1923 | ||||||||||||
• Named "Government of Latakia" | 1930 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 3 December 1936 | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Syria | ||||||||||||
The Alawite State (Arabic: دولة جبل العلويين, Dawlat Jabal al-‘Alawiyyīn; French: État des Alaouites), initially named the Territory of the Alawites (French: territoire des Alaouites), after the locally-dominant Alawites from its inception until its integration to the Syrian Federation in 1922, was a French mandate territory on the coast of present-day Syria after World War I.[1] The French Mandate from the League of Nations lasted from 1920 to 1946.[2]
The use of "Alawite", instead of "Nusayri", was advocated by the French early in the Mandate period and referred to a member of the Alawite faith. In 1920, the French-named "Alawite Territory" was home to a large population of Alawites.[3]
- ^ Alawite Territory (Sanjak of Latakia 1920–1936), From [1]
- ^ Provence, Michael. The Great Syrian Revolt and the Rise of Arab Nationalism. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2005.
- ^ Khoury, Philip S. Syria and the French Mandate: The Politics of Arab Nationalism, 1920–1945. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987.