1920 - 1929

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

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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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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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General Sarrail.

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The French High Commissioner Henri Gouraud with his immediate successor General Maxime Weygand.

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New 08-2005: Mrs Willian Seabrook, the wife of an American newspaper correspondent stationed in Syria and writing about the Druz

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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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The funeral of the National Bloc leader Fawzi al-Ghazzi, author of Syria’s first republican constitution.

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The bodies of three Syrian rebels hanged in Marjeh Square during the Syrian Revolt of 1925-1928.

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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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The courtyard of the Azm Palace, destroyed by French bombs during the Great Syrian Revolt of 1925.

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A rare photograph of Sultan Pasha al-Atrash at 97, commander of the Syrian Revolt of 1925-1927.

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Citizens killed in Damascus during the French air raid on October 18, 1925.

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The National Bloc leaders meeting at the residence of the merchant Tawfiq al-Qabbani in 1929.

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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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Dr Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar, the prime leader of the nationalist movement in the 1920s.

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Dr Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar in the 1920s.

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Prime Minister Taj al-Din al-Hasani inspecting the Syrian Police in 1929.

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Dr Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar during the Syrian Revolt of 1925-1927.

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Syrian police exercising during the inspection of Hasani in 1929.

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Prime Minister Jamil al-Ulshi in September 1920.

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The Syrian Police Force in 1929.

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A very rare picture of Shukri al-Quwatli in the 1920s.

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A fund-raising diner held by the Syrian expatriate community in Detroit, the USA, in 1929.

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