Muhammad Ali Bey al-Abid

Muhammad Ali Bey al-Abid
محمد علي بك العابد
President of the Mandatory Syrian Republic
In office
11 June 1932 – 21 December 1936
Preceded byTaj al-Din al-Hasani (as president of the State of Syria)
Succeeded byHashim al-Atassi
Ambassador of the Ottoman Empire to the United States
In office
1907–1908
Personal details
Born1867
Damascus, Syria Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
DiedOctober 22, 1939(1939-10-22) (aged 71–72)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Resting placeSyria
Political partyNational Bloc
SpouseZahra al-Yusuf

Muhammad Ali Bey al-Abid (Arabic: محمد علي بك العابد, ALA-LC: Muḥammad ‘Alī Bak al-‘Ābid; 1867 – 22 October 1939)[1][2] or, as he spelled his own name in French, Mehmed Ali Abed,[3][4] was appointed the president of the mandatory Syrian Republic (from 11 June 1932 until 21 December 1936) as a nominee of the nationalist Syrian parliament in Damascus after the country received partial recognition of sovereignty from France. France agreed to recognize Syria as a nation under intense nationalist pressure but did not withdraw its troops completely until 1946.

  1. ^ "Ex-Syrian President Dies". New York Herald Tribune (European edition). Paris. 23 October 1939. p. 3.
  2. ^ "Le Président de la République syrienne est mort". L'Auto (in French). 23 October 1939.
  3. ^ "Lot 1208: ALI AL-ABID MUHAMMAD: (1867-1939) First President of Syria 1932-36. L.S., M".
  4. ^ Osmanoğlu, Ayşe (1991). Avec mon père le sultan Abdulhamid. p. 34.

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