Subhi Barakat Al-Khalidi And His Military And Political Role During The French Mandate Period (1919-1932)

Abstract

was born in the city of Antioch in the year 1889-1939 AD, he received his education in Constantinople, and he moved to Aleppo in the year 1917 AD, where he completed his education. In the year 1919 AD, he represented Syria in the General Syrian Conference the Great Syrian Conference of 1919 AD in Damascus, in preparation for the King-Crane fact-finding committee regarding the future of Syria after the demise of the Ottoman Empire. This conference announced its most prominent decisions, which is the independence of Syria in the name of the Syrian Arab Kingdom with its natural borders. With the end of the Faisal rule, Subhi Barakat joined the revolutionaries in coordination with Ibrahim Hanano, especially in the period between May 1919 and July 1921 AD, but with the mediation of one of the notables of Aleppo, he stopped being hostile to France, so he became on its side in its mandate over Syria, and even held the position of one of the representatives of the state of Aleppo in The founding body of the Syrian Federation, which Henry Gouraud announced its formation on June 28, 1922 AD as a federation between the State of Damascus, the State of Aleppo, and the State of Jabal Al-Alawyin the State of the Coast. During his presidency of the Union, the Syrian Gendarmerie was introduced, and the Syrian paper currency was issued in August of the year 1922 AD, and when the establishment of the Syrian state was declared, which was announced on January 24, 1924 AD, consisting of the two states of Damascus and Aleppo, it was stated in the decree of its creation that Barakat be its president for a period of three years, i.e. Until the end of the year 1927 AD, but his presidency did not last until the month of July 1925 AD, and Barakat did not occupy any position until the year 1932 AD when he won the representation due to the support of France for him. After the formation of the second government of Haqqi al-Azm in the year 1933 AD, he tended to the national bloc and became one of the members of the “Working Committee” in it. Because of the political conditions that the country experienced in the year 1936 AD, Barakat retired to Antioch until the features of the 1936 AD agreement became clear. When the Alexandretta district was separated from Syria in the year 1939 AD, Barakat was residing in Antioch, where he passed away.