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France's acquisition of Syria and Lebanon as mandated territory after the First World War has often been described as the result of war-time arrangements such as the Sykes–Picot Agreement and the MacMahon–Hussein Correspondence. In fact, however, the French claim to these parts of the old Ottoman Empire was recognized internationally even before the war erupted. The nineteenth century had witnessed the tremendous penetration of French religious influence into Syria and Lebanon through the establishment of clerical schools, hospitals, asylums and orphanages.

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Rashid Ismail Khalidi. British Policy Towards Syria and Palestine, 1906–1914, London: Ithaca Press [M.E. Centre, St. Antony’s College, Oxford]. xii + 412 pages. £11.50

The Origin of the French Mandate in Syria and Lebanon: The Railroad Question, 1901–1914

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Rashid Ismail Khalidi. British Policy Towards Syria and Palestine, 1906–1914, London: Ithaca Press [M.E. Centre, St. Antony’s College, Oxford]. xii + 412 pages. £11.50

The Origin of the French Mandate in Syria and Lebanon: The Railroad Question, 1901–1914