Great Syrian Revolt

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The Great Syrian Revolt was a large-scale nationalist uprising (1925–1927) against French colonial rule in Syria that united diverse Syrian factions and became a key milestone in the country’s struggle for independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-colonial movement ⓘ
nationalist movement ⓘ
revolt ⓘ
uprising ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Syrian revolt of 1925–1927 ⓘ
surface form: Great Druze Revolt

Syrian revolt of 1925–1927 ⓘ
surface form: Syrian Revolt of 1925
armedConflictType guerrilla warfare ⓘ
urban insurrection ⓘ
chronology precedes Syrian independence in 1946 ⓘ
country Syria ⓘ
endTime 1927 ⓘ
goal Syrian independence ⓘ
end of French Mandate in Syria ⓘ
national unity of Syrians against colonial rule ⓘ
hasCause French colonial rule in Syria ⓘ
Syrian nationalist aspirations ⓘ
opposition to French Mandate policies ⓘ
influenced formation of Syrian national identity ⓘ
later Syrian nationalist politics ⓘ
leader Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar ⓘ
Fakhri al-Barudi ⓘ
Hasan al-Kharrat ⓘ
Nasib al-Bakri ⓘ
Sultan al-Atrash ⓘ
location Aleppo ⓘ
Damascus ⓘ
French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon ⓘ
surface form: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon

Ghuta ⓘ
Hama ⓘ
Hauran ⓘ
Jabal al-Druze ⓘ
opponent French Army ⓘ
French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon ⓘ
surface form: French Mandate authorities

French Third Republic ⓘ
participant Druze ⓘ
surface form: Druze community

Sunni Muslims in Syria ⓘ
rural tribal fighters ⓘ
urban nationalists in Damascus ⓘ
partOf Syrian revolt of 1925–1927 ⓘ
surface form: Syrian struggle for independence

interwar anti-colonial movements in the Middle East ⓘ
result heavy destruction in Damascus and other areas ⓘ
increased Syrian nationalist sentiment ⓘ
military defeat of the revolt ⓘ
political concessions by French authorities ⓘ
significantEvent bombardment of Damascus by French forces in 1925 ⓘ
outbreak of revolt in Jabal al-Druze in July 1925 ⓘ
spread of revolt to Damascus and central Syria ⓘ
startTime 1925 ⓘ

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Sultan al-Atrash → militaryConflict → Great Syrian Revolt ⓘ
Syrian revolt of 1925–1927 → alsoKnownAs → Great Syrian Revolt ⓘ
French bombardment of Damascus in 1925 → partOf → Great Syrian Revolt ⓘ
Jabal Druze State → significantEvent → Great Syrian Revolt ⓘ
Jabal al-Druze → knownFor → Great Syrian Revolt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Syrian Revolt of 1925–1927
Jabal al-Druze → wasCenterOf → Great Syrian Revolt ⓘ
al-Atrash clan → movement → Great Syrian Revolt ⓘ
subject surface form: Sultan al-Atrash
Syria–France relations → sawEvent → Great Syrian Revolt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Syrian Revolt (1925–1927)