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The Terrier Plan and the emergence of a Kurdish policy under the French Mandate in Syria, 1926-1936.(Report)

The triangular relationship between European powers, indigenous state actors and minority players, initiated towards the end of the Ottoman Empire (1880s-1918), continued beyond the Empire's collapse with the creation of new independent states. The establishment of the mandate system after the First World War allowed France and Great Britain to maintain their presence in the Middle East. While France obtained the Mandates of Syria and Lebanon in (1922-1946), Great Britain became heavily involved in the process of nation and state building in Iraq (1920-1932). (1) In Syria, as in Iraq, the question of minority rights created tension between the powerful mandatory authorities and ...

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