Alawite State
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Key facts
- Status
- 1920–1922 , Territory administered according to the Mandate for Syria and Lebanon , 1922–1924 , State of the Syrian Federation (administered according to the Mandate for Syria and Lebanon ), 1925–1936 , State administered according to the Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
- Common languages
- French , Arabic
- Religion
- Shia Islam ( Alawism , Ismailism ), Sunni Islam , Christianity
- Historical era
- Interwar period
- Established
- 2 September 1920
- Disestablished
- 3 December 1936
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- federated state
- Official name
- État des Alaouites
- Religion
- Alawites
- Located in
- Syrian Federation
- Continent
- Asia
- Capital
- Latakia
- Official language
- French
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- Commons category
- Alawite State
- inception
- 1922-06-28
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1936-01-01
- member of
- Triple Entente
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Encyclopedic overview
Today part ofSyria
The Alawite State (Arabic: دولة جبل العلويين, Dawlat Jabal al-‘Alawiyyīn; French: État des Alaouites), initially named the Territory of the Alawites (French: territoire des Alaouites)—after the locally-dominant Alawites—from its inception until its integration to the Syrian Federation in 1922, was a French mandate territory on the coast of present-day Syria after World War I. The French Mandate from the League of Nations lasted from 1920 to 1946.
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