Contents

pp v-v

Map 1. Syria c.1936

pp vi-vi

Map 2. The Far Northeast of Syria in the 1930s

pp vii-vii

Outline Chronology of the French Mandate, 1919–39

pp viii-x

Acknowledgements

pp xi-xiv

Introduction

pp 1-18

Part I

pp 19-20

1 - Minorities, Majorities and the Nation-state

pp 21-42

2 - ‘Minorities’ and the French Mandate

pp 43-66

Part II

pp 67-68

3 - Separatism and Autonomism

pp 69-100

4 - The Border and the Kurds

pp 101-128

Part III

pp 129-130

5 - The Franco-Syrian Treaty and the Definition of ‘Minorities’

pp 131-161

6 - Personal Status Law Reform

pp 162-208

Conclusion: Minorities, Majorities and the Writing of History

pp 209-212

Select Bibliography

pp 213-232

Index

pp 233-239