The French Mandate in the Lebanon, Christian-Muslim Relations, and the U.S. Consulate at Beirut, 1920-1941
This collection consists of correspondence received and sent by the U.S. consular post in Beirut. Consular officials reported on the administration of the French Mandate in Syria-Lebanon. There are unique materials on the Druse Rebellion, religious conflicts between Christian, Maronite, and Muslim communities, repression by French military forces, French efforts to settle Bedouin tribes in Syria, nationalist organizations and rebellion, anti-Zionism activities, riots and civil disturbances in the cities, villages and rural areas, failure of the Franco-Lebanese Treaty, creation of a new mandate administration in Syria in 1939, and Palestinian views on Syrian independence.
