Syrian Federation

Federation of the Autonomous States of Syria
Fédération des États autonomes de Syrie
1922–1925
Flag of Syria
StatusFederal state administered by the French Mandate of Syria
Capital
  • Aleppo[a] (1922–1923)
  • Damascus (1923–1925)
President 
• 1922–1925
Subhi Bey Barakat
LegislatureFederal Council[1]
History 
• Established
28 June 1922
• Dissolution effective
1 January 1925
Area
[2]119,000–120,000 km2 (46,000–46,000 sq mi)
CurrencyLebanese-Syrian pound
ISO 3166 codeSY
Preceded by
Succeeded by
State of Aleppo
State of Damascus
Alawite Territory
State of Syria
State of the Alawites
Today part ofSyria, Turkey
a The capital was initially planned to alternate between Aleppo and Damascus.

The Syrian Federation (Arabic: الاتحاد السوري; French: Fédération syrienne), officially the Federation of the Autonomous States of Syria (French: Fédération des États autonomes de Syrie), was constituted on 28 June 1922 by High Commissary Gouraud.[3] It comprised the States of Aleppo, Damascus, and of the Alawites,[4] spanning an area of 119,000 to 120,000 km2.[5] It was officially dissolved by decree of 5 December 1924 "which received its application starting on 1 January 1925".[6]

  1. ^ Batsell, Walter Russell; Garfield, Wadsworth; Colegrove, Kenneth Wallace (1927). "European Economic and Political Survey".
  2. ^ Le Conte 1923, p. 287
  3. ^ Malsagne 2011, p. 62; Annales des sciences politiques 1924; Joffre 1924.
  4. ^ Annales des sciences politiques 1924 ; Sartre & Sartre-Fauriat 2016.
  5. ^ Le Conte 1923, p. 287.
  6. ^ Malsagne 2011, p. 62; Rapport sur la situation de la Syrie et du Liban 1925, p. 9.

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