Syrian History

1920 - 1929

The three nationalist ministers in the Nami government, Faris al-Khury, Lutfi al-Haffar, and Husni al-Barazi, in exile in 1927.	Saadallah al-Jabiri, Faris al-Khury, Husni al-Barazi, and Lutfi al-Haffar in exile in a village in Lebanon in 1927.
Faris al-Khury, with his wife Asma and son Suhayl, after release from confinment in 1928.	Dr Munif al-Aidi (1886-1962), one of the leading nationalists under French Mandate Syria in the 1930s and 1940s.
Dr Munif al-Aidi with the faculty of the Scientific National Academy in the mid-1920s.	A cartoon drawing of the new Prime Minister of Syria, Taj al-Din al-Hasani, who ruled in 1928-1932.
Farwell to Mrs Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar as she prepares to travel to Jordan, then Egypt, to accompany her husband in exile after	At the residence of Prince Said al-Jazairi, who held a farewell dinner to Mrs Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar before she joined her hus
A diner held by Dr Munif al-Aidi for Prime Minister Taj al-Din al-Hasani in 1928.	Fawzi al-Ghazzi (1891-1929), author of the first republican constitution in Syria in 1928.
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.

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