Henri Gouraud
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Henri Joseph Eugène Gouraud was a French army general. He played a central role in the colonization of French Africa and the Levant. During World War I, he fought in major battles such as those of the
Autochrome portrait by Auguste Léon, 1919
Proclamation of the state of Greater Lebanon, Gouraud with Grand Mufti of Beirut Sheikh Mustafa Naja, and on his right is the Maronite Patriarch Elias Peter Hoayek.
General Gouraud crossing through al-Khandaq street on 13 September 1920, Aleppo
Autochrome of Gouraud in Syria by Frédéric Gadmer, 1921
Franco-Syrian War
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The Franco-Syrian War took place during 1920 between France and the Hashemite rulers of the newly established Arab Kingdom of Syria. During a series of engagements, which climaxed in the Battle of May
Henri Gouraud
…victory of France. After the war, as High Commissioner in the Levant, he played a key role in reorganizing the region, leading campaigns in Cilicia and Syria, and redrawing the borders of the Middle East. He is particularly famous for proclaiming the creation of Greater Lebanon in 1920, marking a significant…
Syrian soldiers at Maysalun, 1920
Award to French veterans - the Cilicia Levant medal law 18 July 1922