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Hasan al-Kharrat
(1861-1925)
Leader of the Great Syrian Revolt against the French Mandate of Syria
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Hasan al-Kharrat (Arabic: حسن الخراط‎ 1861 or 1875–25 December 1925) was a Syrian nationalist and one of the principal leaders of the Great Syrian Revolt against the French Mandate and the best-known military leader of rebel forces in Damascus and the Ghouta countryside. A well-connected qabaday (local youths boss) from the al-Shaghour quarter of Damascus, al-Kharrat joined the revolt in August 1925 and subsequently formed an armed group of fighting men from his quarter and various other neighborhoods and villages in the vicinity. In mid-October he commanded the rebel assault against the French Army in Damascus, briefly capturing the French High-Commissioner Maurice Sarrail's residence. After withdrawing from Damascus, which was heavily bombarded by French forces, al-Kharrat continued to lead forays against French positions in and around Damascus until being killed in a French ambush in the Ghouta. Due to his efforts against French rule and his death in that struggle, al-Kharrat is considered a hero by Syrians until the present day.

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1861
Damascus, Ottoman Syria
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25 December 1925 (aged 64)
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