Battle of Maysalun
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The Battle of Maysalun, also known as the Battle of Maysalun Pass or the Battle of Khan Maysalun, was a four-hour battle fought between the forces of the Arab Kingdom of Syria and the French Army of the Levant on 24 July 1920 near Khan Maysalun in the Anti-Lebanon Mountains, about 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Damascus.
French general Henri Gouraud inspecting his troops in the Anti-Lebanon Mountains the day before the Battle of Maysalun
King Faisal (center) and War Minister Yusuf al-Azma (left, in front of Faisal), 1920
General Mariano Goybet commanded French forces during the battle
Commander of the Syrian forces at Maysalun, War Minister Yusuf al-Azma died during the battle.
Arab Kingdom of Syria
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The Arab Kingdom of Syria was a self-proclaimed, unrecognized constitutional monarchy existing briefly in the territory of historical Syria. It was announced on 5 October 1918 as a fully independent Arab constitutional government with the permission of the British military. It gained de facto independence as an Emirate after the withdrawal of the British forces from OETA East on 26 November 1919, and was proclaimed as a Kingdom on 8 March 1920.
Faisal with T. E. Lawrence and the Hejazi delegation at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference
Proclamation of Faisal I as King of Syria in 1920.
Emir Faisal
25 Syrian piastre banknote issued in Beirut by the Bank of Syria in 1919. The Bank of Syria was later renamed the Bank of Syria and Greater Lebanon and continued issuing currency for both Syria and Lebanon until the 1950s.