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aftermath of the Ottoman withdrawal and challenged the traditional authority of the town's Ismaili emirs. The new leadership consisted of Ismailis, including the sons of some emirs, and local Alawites. Tensions between the two sides escalated when an Ismaili man killed the son of a leader of the Alawite Khayyatin tribe. The Khayyatin mobilized against the Ismaili emirs after they did not pay the traditional
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addition to similar aid from Faisal's government and Turkish irregulars from southern Anatolia. With this support, Shaykh Saleh opted to continue the armed struggle, despite the defections of some of his partisans and Alawite rivals, all of whom were bribed to drop their support of the revolt by French liaison officers.
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in the east. Between April and May 1921, several engagements between the French and Shaykh Saleh's rebels gave French forces the military edge, but with heavy French casualties. On 15 June, French forces overran Shaykh Saleh's positions in the northern mountains, but Shaykh Saleh evaded capture again
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near Qadmus, but without success. They then entered Shaykh Saleh's village of al-Shaykh Badr facing no resistance and arrested many Alawite notables, a number of whom were executed or imprisoned. Shaykh Saleh managed to evade arrest and fled to the north, with French forces in pursuit. On 10 February
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Shaykh Saleh was determined to prevent foreign interference in the affairs of Jabal Ansariyah and saw the Arab government in Damascus as much less of a threat to his authority than the French. The attempted French intervention lent the conflict "anti-colonial and nationalistic features", according to
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In July 1919, in retaliation to French attacks against rebel positions, Shaykh Saleh attacked and occupied several Ismaili villages that were allied to the French. A truce was subsequently concluded between Shaykh Saleh and the French, and by then, Shaykh Saleh's forces were in full control of Jabal
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After his victory at Niha, Shaykh Saleh began organizing his rebels into a disciplined force with a general command and military ranks. The rebel army was supported by the local population, and some women supplied water and food and substituted the men as workers in the fields. Shaykh Saleh was also
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proposal. Shaykh Saleh's rebels launched further raids against the French between the winter of 1920 and the early spring of 1921. Documents from the Turkish Military archives (ATASE) show that Salih al-'Ali was directly in contact with the Kemalists for the purpose of receiving weapons. The French
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had been present there for months, but was intensified following the French occupation of Aleppo on 23 July. The rebel bands in the Aleppo countryside and their operations against the French helped to alleviate pressure from Shaykh Saleh's rebels in the mountains. It also served as a new source of
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area in Jabal Ansariyah. According to historian Dick Douwes, the conflict in al-Qadmus "cannot readily be attributed to class or sectarian factors" due to the "clannish nature of local politics" in the region. The conflict began when a new set of leaders in the vicinity of al-Qadmus emerged in the
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of Faisal's makeshift Arab Army, who requested that Shaykh Saleh continue his resistance against the French military. Shaykh Saleh also received material military support from the Haroun and Shraytih families, which were the two most prominent Sunni Muslim clans of Latakia, and their militias, in
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on 24 July 1920. Following the Arab Army defeat at Maysalun, Shaykh Saleh sought to consolidate his position and attacked the French and Ismailis at Maysaf. Despite the setback of losing the Arab government as a source of support, arms and funds, which hindered the progress of the revolt, Shaykh
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to intervene by requesting Shaykh Saleh cease hostilities and retreat from al-Shaykh Badr. Shaykh Saleh replied positively, but demanded that French forces maintain at least an hour-long distance from al-Shaykh Badr, a demand the French did not accept. Instead, the French took positions in the
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further east in the plains. The ensuing fighting continued on into the night and resulted in the French Army's third defeat to Shaykh Saleh. In the aftermath, Shaykh Saleh once again led an assault against the Ismailis of al-Qadmus, plundering the town and burning Ismaili religious books and
560:, renewed preparations to take over Jabal Ansariyah and the rest of Syria. Gouraud secured a truce with Mustafa Kemal in May and approached Shaykh Saleh to make a truce on 12 June. Shaykh Saleh did not accept the truce and a week prior to the negotiations of 12 June, he had met with General 501:
Later on, Shaykh Saleh turned against the Ismailis, assaulting them at al-Qadmus, the Khawabi area and Masyaf. The French authorities rushed to the Ismailis' aid and attacked Shaykh Saleh's forces on 21 February 1919, but they were defeated again. The result prompted the British general
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For an entire year after July 1919, French military forces were unable to assert control over Jabal Ansariyah. On 20 February 1920, Shaykh Saleh attacked a French depot in the port city of Tartus, but a French naval counterattack forced his retreat. On 3 April, well into the
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militias controlling the region, which was predominantly inhabited by Alawite Muslims. In early November, a French military contingent landed in Latakia, dismissed the city's provisional government, assumed control over the city and laid claims to the rest of Syria.
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and elsewhere in the region. However, small bands of Ismaili militiamen, who had been in conflict with Alawite militiamen in the months preceding the revolt, assisted the French military in their attempts to stamp out armed rebellion in the coastal mountains.
556:, the French attacked Shaykh Saleh, inflicting heavy casualties and damage against his force, but Shaykh Saleh's counterattack drove the French out of the villages they had previously conquered. In the summer of 1920, the senior French general in Syria, 528:, Shaykh Saleh subsequently opened a military camp in al-Qadmus to train recruits. Events outside of Jabal Ansariyah contributed to the success of Shaykh Saleh's rebel movement. The two major events were the popular revolt in 422:-dominated villages in the Tartus area. French representatives, who Douwes described as "ill-informed" about politics in the area, attempted to negotiate with the Alawite chiefs involved in the conflict, including Shaykh 463:
When the French authorities heard of the meeting hosted by Shaykh Saleh, they sent a force from al-Qadmus to al-Shaykh Badr in order to arrest Shaykh Saleh. Shaykh Saleh and his men ambushed the force at the village of
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mountain range. The revolt was one of the first acts of armed resistance against the French forces in Syria, and its leader, Shaykh Saleh, declared his allegiance to the provisional
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On 29 November 1920, Gouraud mounted a full-fledged campaign against Shaykh Saleh's forces in Jabal Ansariyah, first attempting to assault Shaykh Saleh's forces at
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elite established a provisional administration whose authority was, in effect, limited to the city. The Latakian administration declared its allegiance to the
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Douwes. These were contributing factors to Shaykh Saleh's declaration of allegiance to Emir Faisal and the announcement of solidarity with the growing
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popularly known for his resistance to Ottoman intervention into the affairs of Jabal Ansariyah's inhabitants. French arbitration proved unsuccessful.
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Turkish aid came to a halt following renewed peace talks between Mustafa Kemal and the French. Meanwhile, a French force consisting of three
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In May 1919, intensifying disputes regarding land and livestock between the Sunni Muslim and Ismaili residents of the fortress village of
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against the French in Latakia. The Dandashi-led revolt in Talkalakh was backed by the Committee of National Defense units from Homs and
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The catalyst of the Alawite Revolt was an attempt by the French military authorities to arbitrate disputes between the Alawite and
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and consequently went into hiding. By the end of the summer, the French military was in control of Jabal Ansariyah.
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The balance of power began to shift in favor of the French when they conquered Damascus and brought an end to the
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On 15 December 1918, Shaykh Saleh called for a meeting of twelve prominent Alawite notables in the town of
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mountain range east of Latakia and the coastal cities, a chaotic state of affairs prevailed, with several
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in Damascus. He coordinated with the leaders of other anti-French revolts in the country, including the
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manuscripts in the public square. The Ismailis recaptured al-Qadmus in a counterattack on 17 April.
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calling for Syria's independence and freedom in line with the League's charter and US President
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Ansariyah. However, the French breached the truce by occupying and burning the rebel village of
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was assembled and surrounded Shaykh Saleh's positions from Latakia and Baniyas in the west and
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steadily gaining support from other Alawite shaykhs and Sunni Muslim notables from Latakia,
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military aid and "much needed moral support", according to historian Phillip S. Khoury.
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to compensate for the killing. After a failed mediation attempt by Alawite sheikhs from
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in order to obtain military assistance. The two men also issued a joint letter to the
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mountains, installed cannons and began shelling the villages of al-Shaykh Badr and
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A Modern History of the Ismailis: Continuity and Change in a Muslim Community
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military claimed he was taking orders directly from Turkish "headquarters".
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Saleh's rebellion received a boost from the opening of a major front in the
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Syria and the French Mandate: The Politics of Arab Nationalism, 1920-1945
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A History of the Alawis: From Medieval Syria to the Turkish Republic
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Steel & Silk: Men & Women Who Shaped Syria 1900-2000
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Map of Syria showing the Jabal Ansariyah mountain range
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Index

Al-Ali Revolt
Franco-Syrian War

Saleh al-Ali
Syrian Coastal Mountain Range
French Third Republic
France
Ismaili
Alawite
Arab Kingdom of Syria
Northern Syrian rebels
French Third Republic
Henri Gouraud
Saleh al-Ali
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Franco-Syrian War
Syrian Coastal Mountains
Aleppo Region
Maysalun
Damascus
Tel Hai
Samakh
Jerusalem
Saleh al-Ali
Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
Franco-Syrian War
French Mandate of Syria
Jabal Ansariyah

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