State of Damascus

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French mandate territory former state political entity

The State of Damascus was a French-controlled political entity in the early 20th century that encompassed Damascus and its surrounding region during the partition of post-Ottoman Syria.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
State of Damascus canonical 5

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French mandate territory ⓘ
former state ⓘ
political entity ⓘ
administeredBy High Commissioner of the Levant ⓘ
surface form: French High Commission for the Levant
after dissolution of the Arab Kingdom of Syria ⓘ
partition of former Ottoman Syria ⓘ
capital Damascus ⓘ
colonialLanguage French ⓘ
contains Anti-Lebanon Mountains ⓘ
Damascus ⓘ
Eastern Ghouta ⓘ
surface form: Ghouta

Hauran region ⓘ
Qalamoun region ⓘ
country French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon ⓘ
surface form: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon
endTime 1924 ⓘ
establishedBy French Third Republic ⓘ
French authorities in the Levant ⓘ
ethnicGroup Arabs ⓘ
Armenians ⓘ
Circassians ⓘ
Kurds ⓘ
followedBy State of Aleppo ⓘ
surface form: State of Syria
hasCapitalFunction seat of French mandatory authorities in inland Syria ⓘ
hasGovernmentForm mandate administration ⓘ
historicalRegion Bilad al-Sham@ar ⓘ
surface form: Bilad al-Sham
historyPeriod interwar period ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn Middle East ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
mergedInto Syria ⓘ
surface form: State of Syria
namedAfter Damascus ⓘ
officialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
partOf French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon ⓘ
surface form: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon

French colonial empire ⓘ
precededBy Kingdom of Syria ⓘ
surface form: Arab Kingdom of Syria

Ottoman Syria ⓘ
reasonForAbolition administrative reorganization of French mandate territories in Syria ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Druze ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
sharesBorderWith Greater Lebanon ⓘ
Jabal Druze State ⓘ
Sanjak of Alexandretta ⓘ
State of Aleppo ⓘ
State of Aleppo ⓘ
surface form: State of the Alawites
startTime 1920 ⓘ
usedCurrency Egyptian pound ⓘ
French franc (in mandate context) ⓘ
Syrian pound ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon → appliesToTerritory → State of Damascus ⓘ
French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon → includesAdministrativeUnit → State of Damascus ⓘ
Alawite State → borderedBy → State of Damascus ⓘ
State of Aleppo → borderedBy → State of Damascus ⓘ
Jabal Druze State → hasBorderWith → State of Damascus ⓘ