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    Yusuf al-Azma (Arabic: يوسف العظمة, Turkish: Yusuf el-Azma; ALA-LC: Yūsuf al-ʻAẓmah; 1883 – 24 July 1920) was a Syrian military officer and revolutionary...
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    Yusuf al-Azma Square (Arabic: ساحة يوسف العظمة / ALA-LC: sāḥat Yūsuf al-‘Aẓmah), also called al-Muhafaza Square, is an important square in central Damascus...
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    minister, General Yusuf al-Azma, set out to confront them. The better-equipped French troops, led by General Mariano Goybet, defeated al-Azma, who was killed...
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  • Look up azma in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Azma (Arabic: العظّمة (ʕazama)) is a surname of Arabic origin. The Al-Azma family is a well-established...
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    officially set up the Arab Kingdom of Syria with Hashim al-Atassi as Prime Minister and Yusuf al-'Azma as Minister of War and Chief of Staff. This unilateral...
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    message would not reach the General and King Faisal’s defense minister Yusuf al-'Azma, who ignoring the King, led an army to Maysalun to defend Syrian Arab...
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    robbed their weapons. Despite all, Yusuf al-Azma was unconcerned and remained steadfast and determined. Yusuf al-Azma had planted land mines on the heads...
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  • (1455–1479) Yusuf al-Azma (1883–1920), Syrian War Minister, military officer in the Ottoman Empire Yusuf Ali (disambiguation), several people Yūsuf Balasaguni...
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    and Housing is a department of the cabinet of Syria. It is based in Yusuf al-Azma Square, Damascus. The ministry participated in planning of urban development...
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    Faisal refused to accept the mandate, the French marched on Damascus. Yusuf al-'Azma, minister of defense at the time, led a small force and met the French...
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    Deir ez-Zor (redirect from Dayr al-Zawr)
    with the loss of the Syrian army and the death of the Minister of War Yusuf al-'Azma, After its control over the entire Syrian territory, France resorted...
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  • 1920, but his message would not reach King Faisal's defense minister Yusuf al-'Azma, who ignoring the King, led an army to Maysalun to defend Syria from...
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    Minister Yusuf al-'Azma, Syrian National Congress chairman Rashid Rida, congressmen Wasfi al-Atassi, Adil Arslan, Subhi al-Tawil and Sa'id al-Tali'a, and...
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    Minister of Interior in Jordan (1925) Yasser al-Azma, Actor Yusuf al-'Azma, Minister of War in Syria (1920) Aziz al-Azmeh Subhi Barakat, first President of...
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    Assad regime. Great Syrian Revolt Ayyash Al-Haj Ibrahim Hananu Yusuf al-'Azma Abd Al-Rahman Shahbandar Hasan al-Kharrat Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon...
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    Revolt Ayyash Al-Haj Ibrahim Hananu Yusuf al-'Azma Abd Al-Rahman Shahbandar Sultan al-Atrash Henri Gouraud Adham Khanjar Saleh Al-Ali Hasan al-Kharrat The...
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    Damascus (redirect from Al Shamie)
    Amalric was defeated at the Battle of al-Babein. When Shirkuh died in 1169, he was succeeded by his nephew Yusuf, better known as Saladin, who defeated...
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    Nizar Qabbani, the minister of defense of the Kingdom of Syria, Yusuf al-Azma, and Hasan al-Kharrat, the most prominent rebel leader in Damascus during the...
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    brother, was declared regent of Mesopotamia. Hashim al-Atassi was named Prime Minister and Yusuf al-'Azma became Minister of War and Chief of Staff. The Congress...
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    to a notable family in Damascus and he was the nephew of Yusuf al-'Azma, members of the al-Azma family in Syria. He studied at the Ottoman Military Academy...
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    week prior to the negotiations of 12 June, he had met with General Yusuf al-'Azma of Faisal's makeshift Arab Army, who requested that Shaykh Saleh continue...
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  • Administrative Committee. The Franco-Syrian War and the martyrdom of Yusuf al-Azma further solidified their desire for independence.[citation needed] After...
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    Mohammed Al-Furati. Great Syrian Revolt Sultan Al-Atrash Hasan al-Kharrat Ibrahim Hananu Yusuf al-'Azma Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar Saleh Al-Ali Fawzi al-Qawuqji...
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    Tahrir al-Sham, Ahrar al-Sham, Jaysh al-Izza, Jaysh al-Nasr, Ansar al-Tawhid, Sham Legion, Al-Firqah Al-Saliheyah (faction in Al-Salihiyya), Jaysh al-Ahrar...
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  • 1920, where the Syrian Army was under the command of the charismatic Yusuf al-'Azma, symbolized a strong anti-French sentiment among Syrians as France had...
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  • Battle of Maysalun: The French defeat the Syrian army, whose leader Yusuf al-'Azma is killed. French troops occupy Damascus and depose Faisal I of Syria...
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    Ghuta (redirect from Al-Ghutah)
    resources management in Syria The others being Hawrān, al-Bathaniyya, al-Jawlān, al-Biqāʿ and al-Hūla. Lehrman 1980, p. 190. Grehan 2007, p. 23. Taylor...
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  • Railway. Great Syrian Revolt Ayyash Al-Haj Fawzi al-Qawuqji Yusuf al-'Azma Abd Al-Rahman Shahbandar Sultan al-Atrash Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon Henri...
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     France The ragtag forces of Yusuf al-Azma attempted to hold off the advance of the superior French Army at Maysalun Pass. al-Azma was killed during the battle...
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    takeover. War Minister Yusuf al-'Azma replaced al-Hashimi following his arrest. The British authorities informed Faisal that they arrested al-Hashimi for attempting...
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