The Damascus Seat of Power

Syria’s Heads of State, 1918-1946

Sami Moubayed

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English

I.B. Tauris
29 May 2025

Middle Eastern history; Religion & politics; Geopolitics

While recent scholarship has focused on wartime Syria, this book is dedicated to heads of state in the immediate post-Ottoman era until the end of the French Mandate in 1946.

Here, renowned Syrian historian, Sami Moubayed, examines Syria’s first eleven heads of state who led the country between 1918 and 1946. With a chapter dedicated to each leader, Moubayed sheds light on the political culture of the time and traces the trajectory of how Syria was governed through colonialism, monarchism and federalism and republicanism. The study draws on numerous archives, political memoirs and first-hand interviews with key figures who were active between the 1930’s and 1950’s, providing a rich picture of Syrian political culture during this forgotten period.

By: Sami Moubayed
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 400g
ISBN: 9780755649174
ISBN 10: 0755649176
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 29 May 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword Acknowledgements Chapter One: The Palace Chapter Two: Emir Sa’id El Djezairi (26 September – 1 October 1918) Chapter Three: King Faisal I (1918 - 1920) Chapter Four: Subhi Barakat (1922 – 1925) Chapter Five: Ahmad Nami (1926 - 1928) Chapter Six: Mohammad 'Ali al-'Abed (1932 - 1936) Chapter Seven: Hashem al-Atasi (1936 - 1939) Chapter Eight: Bahij al-Khatib (1939 - 1941) Chapter Nine: Khaled al-'Azm (April – September 1941) Chapter Ten: Taj al-Din al-Hasani (1941 - 1943) Chapter Eleven: 'Ata al-Ayyubi (March – August 1943) Chapter Twelve: Shukri al-Quwatli (1943 - 1949) Bibliography

Sami Moubayed is a Syrian historian chairman of The Damascus History Foundation. He was previously a scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and is presently a Mohammad Ali Fellow at Durham University. He has written extensively on the modern history of Syria, including The Makers of Modern Syria (2018), Under the Black Flag (2015), and Syria and the USA (2012).

Reviews for The Damascus Seat of Power: Syria’s Heads of State, 1918-1946

"""Sami Moubayed, Syria's illustrious historian, has written yet another original book tracing the evolution of its politics from the turn of the twentieth century till the mid-1960s. This book is an indispensable read, setting the stage for the emergence of the Baath Party and its subsequent monopoly of power."" --Hilal Khashan, American University of Beirut, Lebanon"