French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon

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League of Nations mandate colonial administration political entity

The French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon was a League of Nations mandate administered by France after World War I that laid the groundwork for the modern states of Syria and Lebanon.

Aliases (2)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	League of Nations mandate → colonial administration → political entity →
administeredBy	France →
appliesToTerritory	Alawite State → Alexandretta → Greater Lebanon → Jabal Druze State → Lebanon → State of Aleppo → State of Damascus → Syria →
authorizedBy	League of Nations →
capital	Beirut → Damascus →
containsEvent	Battle of Maysalun → Franco-Syrian War → French bombardment of Damascus in 1925 → Great Syrian Revolt → Syrian revolt of 1925–1927 → proclamation of the State of Greater Lebanon →
demilitarizationOversightBy	League of Nations →
endTime	1946 →
establishedBy	San Remo conference decision on former Ottoman territories →
finalFrenchTroopWithdrawal	1946 →
followedBy	Lebanon → Syrian Republic →
goal	preparation for independence of Lebanon → preparation for independence of Syria →
includesAdministrativeUnit	Alawite State → Jabal Druze State → Sanjak of Alexandretta → State of Aleppo → State of Damascus → State of Greater Lebanon →
influenced	formation of modern Lebanon → formation of modern Syria →
languageUsed	Arabic → French →
legalBasis	League of Nations mandate system → San Remo Conference of 1920 →
partOf	interwar period international order →
precededBy	Ottoman Empire →
recognizedIndependenceOf	Lebanon in 1943 → Syria in 1944 →
region	Middle East →
relatedToAgreement	Sykes–Picot Agreement →
relatedToConflict	World War I →
startTime	1920 →
timePeriod	interwar period →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Armistice of Saint Jean d’Acre ("French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon") →	appliesToTerritory
British Mandate for Palestine →	borderedBy
Armistice of Saint Jean d’Acre ("French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon") →	countryInvolved
Hafez al-Assad ("French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon") →	countryOfBirth
Lebanese people ("French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon") →	historicalInfluenceFrom
Sultan al-Atrash →	opposedTo
Treaty of Sèvres ("French mandates in the Middle East") →	recognized
Battle of Damascus (1941) ("French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon") →	region
Free French declaration of Syrian independence (1941) ("French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon") →	relatedTo
Occupied Enemy Territory Administration ("French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon") →	replacedBy