| Alawite State دولة العلويين État des Alaouites |
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| Mandate of France | ||||
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| The Alawite State (green) in the Mandate of Syria. | ||||
| Capital | Latakia | |||
| Language(s) | Arabic, French | |||
| Religion | Alawite | |||
| Political structure | League of Nations Mandate | |||
| Governor | ||||
| - 1920-1921 | Niéger | |||
| - 1925-1936 | H. Schoeffler | |||
| Historical era | Interwar period | |||
| - French occupation | 1918 | |||
| - Established | September 2, 1920 | |||
| - State declared | September 29, 1923 | |||
| - Named Alawite State | January 1, 1925 | |||
| - Named Sanjak of Latakia | September 22, 1930 | |||
| - Disestablished | December 5, 1936 | |||
The Alawite State (Arabic: دولة جبل العلويين), also known in French as Alaouites, after the locally dominant Alawite sect of Shi'a, was a French mandate territory in the coastal area of present-day Syria after World War I.[1]
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The collapse of the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I brought on a scramble to take control of various provinces of the disintegrating empire. France occupied Syria in 1918, and received the Alawite Territory as a mandate from the League of Nations on September 2, 1920. Initially it was an autonomous territory under French rule, but on 1 July 1922 was incorporated into French Syria.
On September 29, 1923, it was declared a state with the port city of Latakia as its capital, and on 1 January 1925 was formally renamed the Alawite State.
On September 22, 1930, it was renamed the Sanjak of Latakia. The population at this time was 278,000.
On 5 December 1936 (effective in 1937) it was fully incorporated into Syria.
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