French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon

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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.

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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
Syria
surface form: 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
Greater Lebanon
surface form: State of Greater Lebanon
influenced formation of modern Lebanon
formation of modern Syria
languageUsed Arabic
French
legalBasis League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces
surface form: League of Nations mandate system

San Remo Conference
surface form: 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

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Syrian historicalContext French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
this entity surface form: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon
Deir ez-Zor suspension bridge era French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
this entity surface form: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon
French colonial law appliedIn French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
this entity surface form: French mandate for Syria and Lebanon
Ottoman garrisons in Syria followedBy French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
this entity surface form: Allied occupation of Syria
Ottoman garrisons in Syria followedBy French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
this entity surface form: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon
Asia Minor Agreement influenced French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
François Georges-Picot associatedWith French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
Syria–France relations hasHistoricalOriginIn French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
this entity surface form: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon
Syria–France relations colonialPhase French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
this entity surface form: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon (1920–1946)
Levantine campaign result French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
this entity surface form: Allied occupation of Syria
Levantine campaign result French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
this entity surface form: Allied occupation of Lebanon
Levantine campaign relatedTo French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
this entity surface form: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon
Vichy French administration in Syria follows French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
this entity surface form: French Mandate administration in Syria and Lebanon
Vichy French administration in Syria partOf French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
this entity surface form: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon
Vichy French administration in Syria appliesToJurisdiction French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
this entity surface form: Syria under French Mandate
Vichy French administration in Syria appliesToJurisdiction French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
this entity surface form: Lebanon under French Mandate
Vichy French administration in Syria hasLegalBasis French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
this entity surface form: French Mandate under League of Nations
Battle of Beirut (1941) historicalRegion French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
this entity surface form: French Mandate for Lebanon