1920 - 1929

Subhi al-Omari, the Syrian officer who helped create the Iraqi Army with King Faysal in 1922.

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French soldiers celebrating the Jeanne d’Arc Festival in Damascus, held annually by the French since they came to Syria in 1920.

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The Druze leader Sultan al-Atrash leading his armies in the Great Syrian Revolt of 1925-1927 against the French Mandate.

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General Sarrail.

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Prime Minister Taj al-Din al-Hasani with a group of Jewish Rabbis and notables in Damascus in 1928.

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The funeral of Fawzi al-Ghazzi, author of Syria's first republican constitution and a co-founder of the National Bloc.

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Prime Minister Taj al-Din al-Hasani with members of his government in 1928.

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Dr Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar in the 1920s.

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The funeral of the National Bloc leader Fawzi al-Ghazzi in 1929 at the Marjeh Square in Damascus.

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Syrian police exercising during the inspection of Hasani in 1929.

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