Syrian History

1930 - 1939

Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar, during his long exile from Syria, pictured with King Abdullah of Jordan in 1934.	Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar, returning from nearly 10 years abroad, at Damascus Airport in 1937.
Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar, carried in a parade, upon his return to Damascus in 1937.	Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar, pictured with notables welcoming him back to Damascus in 1937.
Druze warriors welcoming Shahbandar back to Damascus, at Marjeh Square, in 1937.	The Steel Shirts of Fakhri al-Barudi in military uniform, parading in Damascus to welcome Shahbandar in 1937.
Welcoming Sultan Pasha al-Atrash, after his 10-year exile, back to the Druze Mountain in 1937.	Saadallah al-Jabiri, Fakhri al-Barudi, and Wajih al-Haffar, publisher of the Damascus daily, al-Insha.
A delegation of the National Bloc, standing at government headquarters in Marjeh Square in the late 1930s.	At the Grand Masonic Lodge of Syria in the mid-1930s.
A group of Syrian soldiers pictured before a thief and murderer they had apprehended and killed in combat.	Prime Minister Taj al-Din al-Hasani with the French High Commissioner Gabriel Puaux on May 1, 1932.
Shah Rida Pehlavi of Iran, on a state visit to Damascus in March 1939.	Ibrahim Hananu, leader of the Aleppo Revolt against the French Mandate pictured in Aleppo with veteran revolutionaries from the
An main exam room at Damascus University in the 1930s.	Prime Minister Ata al-Ayyubi in 1936 with Dr Rida Said, the founder and president of Damascus University.
Students at the Faculty of Medicine at Damascus University in the 1930s.	Dr Salah al-Din al-Bitar (center), the co-founder of the Baath Party, as a high school instructor at the Tajheez School in Damas
Leaders of the National Bloc receiving Riyad al-Sulh in Damascus in 1934.	New 08-2005: The National Bloc in Damascus before heading to Paris for independence talks with French Prime Minister Leon Blum.

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