Maysalun
Maysalun ميسلون | |
|---|---|
  Maysalun Location in Sirie | |
| Coordinates: 33°35′N 36°05′E / 33.583°N 36.083°E | |
| Kintra |  Sirie |
| Govrenorate | Rif Dimashq Govrenorate |
| Destrict | Zabadani Destrict |
| Elevation | 1090 m (3,580 ft) |
Maysalun (Arabic: ميسلون) is a Sirie toun locatit 12 kilometers wast o Damascus Governorate, in the Rif Dimashq Govrenorate an haes an altitude o aboot 1090 meters.
Maysalun is enshrined in Sirie history as the steid whare the Sirie meenister o war, Yusuf al-Azma refused tae give in tae the French an Inglis Colonial designs bi puttin up a fecht.[1] King Faisal o Sirie decidit no tae fecht the French an fled tae Swisserland. Azma decidit itherwise an went aheid tae fecht the French even wi the knowledge that his forces wad be ootnumbered an ootgunned. The French entered Sirie tae impose their colonial ambitions an the airtificial borders greeit upon bi the Sykes-Picot Greement o 1917.[2] The battle wis a decisive French victory, which enabled them tae mairch tae Damascus an stairt dividin an colonizin Sirie.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ A history of the Modern Middle East,Third Edition, Cleveland, Page 166
- ↑ A history of the Modern Middle East,Third Edition, Cleveland, Page 167
