Syrian Federation

Federation of the Autonomous States of Syria
Fédération des États autonomes de Syrie
1922–1925
Flag of Syrian Federation
Flag
StatusFederal state administered by the French Mandate of Syria
Capital
  • Aleppo[a] (1922–1923)
  • Damascus (1923–1925)
President 
• 1922–1925
Subhi Bey Barakat
LegislatureFederal Council[1]
History 
• Established
28 June 1922
• Dissolution effective
1 January 1925
Area
[2]119,000–120,000 km2 (46,000–46,000 sq mi)
CurrencyLebanese-Syrian pound
Preceded by
Succeeded by
State of Aleppo
State of Damascus
Alawite Territory
State of Syria
State of the Alawites
Today part ofSyria, Turkey
a The capital was initially planned to alternate between Aleppo and Damascus.

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.[3] It comprised the States of Aleppo, Damascus, and of the Alawites,[4] spanning an area of 119,000 to 120,000 km2.[5] It was officially dissolved by decree of 5 December 1924 "which received its application starting on 1 January 1925".[6]

  1. ^ Batsell, Walter Russell; Garfield, Wadsworth; Colegrove, Kenneth Wallace (1927). "European Economic and Political Survey".
  2. ^ Le Conte 1923, p. 287
  3. ^ Malsagne 2011, p. 62; Annales des sciences politiques 1924; Joffre 1924.
  4. ^ Annales des sciences politiques 1924 ; Sartre & Sartre-Fauriat 2016.
  5. ^ Le Conte 1923, p. 287.
  6. ^ Malsagne 2011, p. 62; Rapport sur la situation de la Syrie et du Liban 1925, p. 9.