Jabal Druze State

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Jabal Druze State was a semi-autonomous political entity in southern Syria established under French colonial rule and predominantly inhabited by the Druze community.

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Jabal Druze State canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French Mandate-era state
former administrative territorial entity
semi-autonomous political entity
adminCenter As-Suwayda
administrativeStatus autonomous state within French Mandate
capital As-Suwayda
colonialPower France
commonLanguage Arabic
continent Asia
country French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
surface form: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon
currency Syrian pound
dissolvedIn 1936
endTime 1936
establishedBy French authorities
French colonial empire
surface form: French colonial administration
ethnicMajority Druze
followedBy Syria
surface form: State of Syria

Syria
surface form: Syrian Republic
governmentType autonomous district under French mandate
hasBorderWith Mandatory Palestine
State of Damascus
Transjordan
hasDemonym Druze
Jabal Druze inhabitants
hasPopulationGroup Arab Muslims
Christianity
surface form: Christians

Druze
historicalRegion Hauran
Jabal al-Druze
surface form: Jabal al-Druze region
legalSystem French Mandate legal framework
locatedIn Levant region
surface form: Levant

southern Syria
locatedInPresentDay Syria
surface form: Syrian Arab Republic
mergedInto Syria
surface form: Syrian Republic
militaryPresence French Army
namedAfter Jabal al-Druze
officialLanguage Arabic
partOf French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
surface form: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon

Syria under French mandate
partOfHistoricalEvent partition of Syria under French Mandate
religiousMajority Druze
shortDescription semi-autonomous Druze-inhabited state in southern Syria under French Mandate
significantEvent Great Syrian Revolt
significantRebellionLeader Sultan al-Atrash
startTime 1921
1922
timePeriod interwar period
underOccupationBy France

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