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Alawite State

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former state in the French Mandate of Syria

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
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
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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alawite State” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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