Syrian History

1930 - 1939

Leaders of the National Bloc receiving Riyad al-Sulh in Damascus in 1934.

A group of Syrian industrialists at the Paris International Fair in 1938.

New 08-2005: The National Bloc in Damascus before heading to Paris for independence talks with French Prime Minister Leon Blum.

“Ghrawi Chocolate,” a leading Syrian product, at the Paris International Fair of 1931.

President Mohammad Ali al-Abid visiting Damascus University in 1935.

A “first prize award” given at an international fair in Rome in 1939 to Sadiq Ghrawi, a Syrian industrialist and founder of Ghra

Prime Minister Ata al-Ayyubi, who headed an interim government in Syria, supervising parliamentary elections, in 1936 and 1943.

French officers watching a horse-race in Damascus during the years of the French Mandate in 1931.

Dr Rida Sa’id, the founder and president of Damascus University, in the 1940s.

New 10-2006: Hashim al-Atasi, the president of the National Bloc, leaving government headquarters after high-level talks with Pr

Demonstrations in Damascus in 1939 against the annexation of the Sanjak of Alexanderetta to Turkey.

New 08-2005: A discussion among Syria’s leading politicians in 1932 in the orchards of Homs while attending the first General As

New 08-2005: Syrian politicians walking through the streets of Homs in 1932 to attending the general assembly of the National Bl

New 08-2005: Hashim al-Atasi, the leader of the National Bloc in Syria, on a visit to Saudi Arabia in the early 1930s.

New 08-2005: The National Bloc attending a reception in Homs in the early 1930s.

New 08-2005: Hashim al-Atasi and members of the National Bloc in Paris placing flowers on the memorial of French soldiers killed

New 08-2005: A picture taken in Paris during the Syrian-French negotiations of March-September 1936.

New 08-2005: The Syrian team at the Quai d’Orsay in Paris in 1936.

New 08-2005: The Syrian politicians at a train station in Paris in 1936.

New 08-2005: The opening of Damascus Airport on December 9, 1938.

The Druze leader Sultan al-Atrash being embraced by Dr Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar in 1937.

Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar, carried in a parade, upon his return to Damascus in 1937.

Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar, pictured with notables welcoming him back to Damascus in 1937.

Druze warriors welcoming Shahbandar back to Damascus, at Marjeh Square, in 1937.

The Steel Shirts of Fakhri al-Barudi in military uniform, parading in Damascus to welcome Shahbandar in 1937.

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