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Great Syrian Revolt: Rebels led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji captured Hama from the French Mandate of Syria.
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Great Syrian Revolt
1925–27 uprising against French rule in Mandatory Syria and Lebanon
The Great Syrian Revolt, also known as the Revolt of 1925, was a general uprising across the State of Syria and Greater Lebanon during the period of 1925 to 1927. The leading rebel forces initially comprised fighters of the Jabal Druze State in southern Syria, and were later…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Fawzi al-Qawuqji
Arab Liberation Army commander (1890–1977)
Fawzi al-Qawuqji was a Lebanese-born Arab nationalist military figure in the interwar period. He served briefly in Palestine in 1936 fighting the British Mandatory suppression of the Palestinian Revolt. A political decision by the British enabled him to flee the country in 1937.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
1925 Hama uprising
Incident during the Great Syrian Revolt of 1925-27
The 1925 Hama uprising was one of the major events of the Great Syrian Revolt. It involved a rebel assault led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji against Mandatory French security installations in Hama and a subsequent uprising by residents sympathetic to the rebel cause. Heavy French…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Hama
City in Hama Governorate, Syria
Hama is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria. It is located 213 kilometres (132 mi) north of Damascus and 46 km (29 mi) north of Homs. It is the provincial capital of the Hama Governorate. With a population of 996,000, Hama is one of the four largest…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon
League of Nations mandate
The Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon was a League of Nations mandate founded in the aftermath of the First World War and the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire, concerning the territories of Syria and Lebanon. The mandate system was supposed to differ from colonialism, with the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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