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The Alawite State (Arabic: دولة جبل العلويين, Dawlat Jabal Al-Alawiyuna), also known in French as Alaouites, after the locally dominant Alawite sect of Shi'a, was a French mandate territory in the coastal area of present-day Syria after World War I.[1]
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- For the religious group from Syria, see ‘Alawi; for the religious group from Turkey, see Alevi; for the dynasty of Morocco, see Alaouite Dynasty; for the former state now in Yemen, see Alawi (sheikhdom).
Alawite State دولة العلويين État des Alaouites | |||||||||
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1920–1936 | |||||||||
Status | Mandate of France | ||||||||
Capital | Latakia | ||||||||
Common languages | Arabic, French | ||||||||
Religion | Alawi | ||||||||
Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||||
• French occupation | 1918 | ||||||||
• Established | September 2 1920 | ||||||||
• State declared | 1923 | ||||||||
• Named Government of Latakia | 1930 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | December 3 1936 | ||||||||
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The French Mandate from the League of Nations lasted from 1920 until 1946. [2]
The term 'Alawite' was coined by the French early in the Mandate period, and referred to a member of the Alawi religious sect. It came to be the name of the region the French named the "Alawite Territory" in 1920, home to a large population of Alawi Muslims. [3]
The region was both coastal and mountainous, and home to a majorly rural, highly heterogeneous population. During the French Mandate period, society was divided by religion and geography: the landowning families of the port city of Latakia, and 80% of the population of the city, were Sunni Muslim. However, more than 90% of the population of the province was rural, 62% comprised of Alawite peasantry. [3]