Sultan al-Atrash

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Sultan al-Atrash was a prominent 20th-century Druze leader and Syrian nationalist revolutionary best known for leading the Great Syrian Revolt against French colonial rule in the 1920s.

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Sultan Pasha al-Atrash 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Druze leader
Syrian nationalist
person
revolutionary
advocated Arab unity
Syrian independence
birthCountry Ottoman Empire
birthDate 1891
birthPlace al-Qurayya
birthRegion Jabal al-Druze
burialPlace al-Qurayya
cause anti-colonial struggle
self-determination for Syria
commemoratedBy statues in Syria
streets named after him in Syrian cities
countryOfCitizenship Syria
deathCountry Syria
deathDate 1982
deathPlace al-Qurayya
era 20th century
ethnoReligiousIdentity Druze
familyName al-Natsheh
surface form: al-Atrash
father Zuqan al-Atrash
foughtAgainst French Army
fullName Sultan al-Atrash self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sultan Pasha al-Atrash
givenName Sultan
honorific Pasha
ideology Arab nationalism
Syrian nationalism
language Arabic
legacy icon of resistance to foreign rule in Syria
symbol of Druze participation in Arab nationalism
militaryConflict Great Syrian Revolt
militaryRankOrRole guerrilla leader
movement Syrian nationalism
nationality Syrian
notableFor leadership of the Great Syrian Revolt
struggle against French Mandate rule in Syria
opposedTo French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
French colonial rule in Syria
participatedIn Arab Revolt
surface form: Arab Revolt during World War I
recognizedAs national hero of Syria
regionOfActivity Jabal al-Druze
southern Syria
religion Druze
roleInConflict leader of the Great Syrian Revolt
tribalAffiliation al-Atrash clan

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Sultan al-Atrash fullName Sultan al-Atrash self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sultan Pasha al-Atrash
Druze hasNotableLeader Sultan al-Atrash