Person
Sultan al-Atrash
Sultan al-Atrash was a Druze leader from Jabal al-Druze in southern Syria. He fought in the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans and in 1925 began the Great Syrian Revolt against the French Mandate, which spread to Damascus before it was crushed in 1927. He became a national hero of Syria.
Mentioned in 2 state histories
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Sultan al-Atrash. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sultan-al-atrash
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