Hauran Druze Rebellion

Hauran Druze rebellion

Map of the Hauran region
DateMay 1909 – 8 November 1910
Location
Jabal ad-Duruz
Result

Rebellion crushed:

  • Massive Druze casualties
  • Execution of Zuqan al-Atrash
  • Census and disarmament of the Druze in Hauran[2]
Belligerents
 Ottoman Empire Druze rebels
Allied Bedouins[1]
Commanders and leaders
Sami Pasha al-Farouqi Zuqan al-Atrash Executed
Strength
21,000[1]

8,000 (Druze)[1]

3,000 (Allied Bedouins)[1]
Casualties and losses
38 to 100[1] 2,000 killed and 2,000 wounded[2]
Hundreds imprisoned[2]

The Hauran Druze Rebellion was a violent Druze uprising against Ottoman authority in the Syrian province, which erupted in 1909. The rebellion was led by the al-Atrash family, in an aim to gain independence, but ended in brutal suppression of the Druze, significant depopulation of the Hauran region and execution of the Druze leaders.

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  2. ^ a b c Rogan, E.L. (11 April 2002). Frontiers of the State in the Late Ottoman Empire: Transjordan, 1850-1921. Cambridge University Press. p. 192. ISBN 9780521892230. Retrieved 2013-09-01.