State of Damascus

State of Damascus
État de Damas (French)
دولة دمشق (Arabic)
1920–1925
Flag of Damascus
Flag
Location of the State of Damascus (yellow) within the Mandate for Syria
Location of the State of Damascus (yellow)
within the Mandate for Syria
Status1920–1922
State administered according to the French Mandate of Syria
1922–1925
State of the Syrian Federation (administered according to the French Mandate of Syria)
CapitalDamascus
Common languagesFrench
Arabic
Historical eraInterwar period
25 July 1920
• Jabal Druze State separated
1 May 1921
28 June 1922
1 January 1925
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Arab Kingdom of Syria
1921:
Jabal Druze State
1922:
Syrian Federation

The State of Damascus (French: État de Damas; Arabic: دولة دمشق Dawlat Dimashq) was one of the six states established by the French General Henri Gouraud in the French Mandate of Syria which followed the San Remo conference of 1920 and the defeat of King Faisal's short-lived monarchy in Syria.

The other states were the State of Aleppo (1920), the State of Alawites (1920), the State of Jabal Druze (1921), the Sanjak of Alexandretta (1921), and the State of Greater Lebanon (1920), which later became the modern country of Lebanon.


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