Ally of the Hashemites Nasib al-Bakri

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al-bakri (left) rebel commander fawzi al-qawuqji (center) during 1925 hama uprising


in 1915, nasib hosted faisal @ ghouta country house , invited him join al-fatat, reportedly agreed to. @ same time, al-bakri organized meeting between him, members of al-fatat, , druze chiefs of hauran, hussein , sultan al-atrash intention of gaining druze support planned arab rebellion against ottomans (the druze had launched several uprisings against ottomans prior). meeting concluded druze offering faisal , nationalists backing, though short of military support. meeting first of kind between hashemites , druze, , afterward faisal appointed al-bakri personal secretary , envoy druze, post serve until 1920.


in summer of 1916, amid world war i, sharif hussein launched great arab revolt against ottomans mecca backing of british military. al-bakri joined revolt , moved hejaz served channel between al-fatat based in damascus , hashemite forces leading uprising. when ottomans defeated in 1918 , arab , british forces reached damascus, faisal become king of syria , al-bakri served 1 of advisers. next year al-bakri co-founded first legal political party in faisal s syria, pan-arabist al-istiqlal ( independence ) sought unify former ottoman-held arab territories under leadership of hashemites. during period until 1920, al-bakri member of syrian national congress representative of damascus.


france invaded , began occupying syria in 1919 , following battle of maysalun in july 1920, faisal exiled , kingdom annulled. al-bakri left amman in transjordan, under authority of faisal s brother king abdullah. al-bakri later serve abdullah s aide in 1921, position held 2 years before returning syria after french issued amnesty political exiles. on return, became member of al-shahbandar s people s party , actively sought topple french authorities in syria , align country ruling hashemites in iraq, transjordan , hejaz. hashemites driven out of latter in 1925 saudis.








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