Alawite State

Territory of the Alawites
(1920–1922)
*Territoire des Alaouites*
Alawite State
(1922–1936)
*État des Alaouites*
دولة العلويين
Territory of the Alawites; (1920–1922); Territoire des AlaouitesAlawite State; (1922–1936); État des Alaouites; دولة العلويين
1920–1936
	Flag
	The Alawite State (purple) in the Mandate of Latakia
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), Sunni Islam, Christianity
Historical era	Interwar period
• French occupation	1918
• Established	2 September 1920
• State declared	1923
• Named "Government of Latakia"	1930
• Disestablished	3 December 1936
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	1920:; OETA
	1924:; Syrian Federation
1922:; Syrian Federation
1936:; Syrian Republic
Today part of	Syria

35°31′27″N 35°46′58″E / 35.524212°N 35.782646°E / 35.524212; 35.782646

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.^[1] The French Mandate from the League of Nations lasted from 1920 to 1946.^[2]

The use of "Alawite", instead of "Nusayri", was advocated by the French early in the Mandate period and referred to a member of the Alawite faith. In 1920, the French-named "Alawite Territory" was home to a large population of Alawites.^[3]

^ Alawite Territory (Sanjak of Latakia 1920–1936), From [1]
^ Provence, Michael. The Great Syrian Revolt and the Rise of Arab Nationalism. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2005.
^ Khoury, Philip S. Syria and the French Mandate: The Politics of Arab Nationalism, 1920–1945. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987.

[blag-1] Alawite Territory (Sanjak of Latakia 1920–1936), From [1]

[P-2] Provence, Michael. The Great Syrian Revolt and the Rise of Arab Nationalism. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2005.

[K-3] Khoury, Philip S. Syria and the French Mandate: The Politics of Arab Nationalism, 1920–1945. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987.

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