Syrian History

1920 - 1929

Mohammad Kurd Ali, the Minister of Education under Prime Minister Hasani in 1928.	The Sports Scouts Club in Syria in 1928, the first official group of musicians, actors, and artists in Syria.
Prime Minister Taj al-Din al-Hasani inspecting the Syrian Police in 1929.	Syrian police exercising during the inspection of Hasani in 1929.
The Syrian Police Force in 1929.	A fund-raising diner held by the Syrian expatriate community in Detroit, the USA, in 1929.
General Maurice Sarail, the French High Commissioner who bombed Damascus in 1925.	The French High Commissioner Henri Gouraud with his immediate successor General Maxime Weygand.
The funeral of Fawzi al-Ghazzi, author of Syria's first republican constitution and a co-founder of the National Bloc.	The funeral of the National Bloc leader Fawzi al-Ghazzi, author of Syria’s first republican constitution.
The funeral of the National Bloc leader Fawzi al-Ghazzi in 1929 at the Marjeh Square in Damascus.	The courtyard of the Azm Palace, destroyed by French bombs during the Great Syrian Revolt of 1925.
A rare photograph of Sultan Pasha al-Atrash at 97, commander of the Syrian Revolt of 1925-1927.	Citizens killed in Damascus during the French air raid on October 18, 1925.
The National Bloc leaders meeting at the residence of the merchant Tawfiq al-Qabbani in 1929.	Prime Minister Taj al-Din al-Hasani with a group of Jewish Rabbis and notables in Damascus in 1928.
Dr Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar, the prime leader of the nationalist movement in the 1920s.	Dr Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar in the 1920s.
Dr Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar during the Syrian Revolt of 1925-1927.	Prime Minister Jamil al-Ulshi in September 1920.

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