Back المملكة العربية السورية Arabic Reinu Árabe Xuníu de Siria AST Suriya Ərəb krallığı Azerbaijani سوریه عرب شاهلیغی AZB Арабско кралство Сирия Bulgarian সিরিয়া আরব রাজতন্ত্র Bengali/Bangla Regne de Síria Catalan Syrské arabské království Czech Det arabiske kongedømme Syrien Danish Königreich Syrien German
Arab Kingdom of Syria | |||||||||||||||
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| 1919–1920 | |||||||||||||||
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| Anthem: سوريا يا ذات المجد O Syria, Who Owns the Glory[1] | |||||||||||||||
 The Arab Kingdom of Syria at its greatest extent in January 1920 | |||||||||||||||
| Capital | Damascus 33°30′47″N 36°17′31″E / 33.51306°N 36.29194°E | ||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Arabic | ||||||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Syrian | ||||||||||||||
| Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy | ||||||||||||||
| King | |||||||||||||||
• 1920 | Faisal I | ||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | |||||||||||||||
• 1920 (first) | Rida Pasha al-Rikabi | ||||||||||||||
• 1920 (last) | Hashim al-Atassi | ||||||||||||||
| Legislature | National Congress | ||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||||||||||
• British withdrawal | 26 November 1919 | ||||||||||||||
• Coronation of Faisal I | 8 March 1920 | ||||||||||||||
| 24 July 1920 | |||||||||||||||
| 25 July 1920 | |||||||||||||||
| Currency | Syrian pound | ||||||||||||||
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The Arab Kingdom of Syria (Arabic: المملكة العربية السورية, al-Mamlakah al-ʿArabiyya al-Sūriya) was a self-proclaimed, unrecognized monarchy existing briefly in the territory of historical Syria. It was announced on 5 October 1918 as a fully independent Arab constitutional government with the permission of the British military.[2] It gained independence as an emirate after the withdrawal of the British forces from OETA East on 26 November 1919,[3] and was proclaimed as a kingdom on 8 March 1920.
As a kingdom the state existed only a little over four months, from 8 March to 25 July 1920.[4][5] During its brief existence, the kingdom was led by Sharif Hussein bin Ali's son Faisal bin Hussein. Despite its claims to the territory of the region of Syria, Faisal's government controlled a limited area and was dependent on Britain which, along with France, generally opposed the idea of a Greater Syria and refused to recognize the kingdom.[6] After a four month-long war, the kingdom surrendered to French forces on 25 July 1920.
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- ^ Itamar Rabinovich, Symposium: The Greater-Syria Plan and the Palestine Problem in The Jerusalem Cathedra (1982), p. 262.