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Alexandria · MMXXVIExplicit colophon · 2026

Event · 1925 CE – 1930 CE

State of Syria

Also known as

Dewleta Sûriyê
Dewleta Sûriyê
Država Sirija
Estado da Síria
Estado de Siria
Estat de Síria

Image illustrating State of Syria — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · State of Syriasee Wikimedia Commons

This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

Connected to

had as citizenAbdallah el-Khani1925 CE
continentAsia
had as citizenBahij al-Khatib1895 CE
had as citizenFaiz El-Ghusein1883 CE
had as citizenFawzi Selu1905 CE
had as citizen

+ 2 further connections to entries not yet ingested

¶ Auctoritates · sources

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Hasan al-Kharrat1861 CE

had as citizenHusni al-Za'im1897 CE

had as citizenʻAlī Ṭanṭāwī1909 CE

had as citizenMuhammad Kurd Ali1876 CE

had as citizenShukri al-Quwatli1891 CE

State of Syria · Alexandria