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Arwad and the French delegation:
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This island was always a foremost strategic site on the beach, inside the sea,
for watching and suitable for attacking. It is, also, in a defensive position,
and able for resisting sheltering. Tartous , the high mountains , and the
plains of Akkar and Lebanon appear from it stretching through the sea . To the
north, there are Banyas, Jableh, and Al Aqraa Mountain (Casius); this site
gave it an importance in watching and threatening the coast throughout the
history. For this reason, we see that French navy, headed by Admiral Cringe De
Verna, during the 1st world war (1914 – 1918), surrounding it.
There was no military force on it. The commander Trabo (later on, he became
the governor of Beirut, and a street was named Arwad by him) gets off the
battleship, Jane De Arch, after negotiations with the notable men of the city,
and became the ruler. By that, this rock, Arwad became under the French
occupation / 1915 / before signing Saix-Bico treaty. All of its procedure
became stamped by the imprint of Arwad government, the stamps passports, and
identity cards were stamped.
It
shared active in presenting help to Lebanon against Jamal Basha. And the
connection between the French and the Citizens was Bshara Al Bwieri, Khalil
Zinieh, and father Sallot (who was appointed, later, a chancellor of Ain-Tora
University). Their mission was translating, connecting with the citizens,
providing agents, and encouraging the migration to the island away from the
Turk. Yet, Al bwieri mentioned that it became a refuge to all those who were
lucky. So, commander Trabo was treating them tenderly, and taking care of
providing the amenities for them. By this, the French intelligence entered
Syria and Lebanon through Arwad. It moved during the night where the
connection was done the sailors of Arwad, kesrwan, and Batroon, and the
information and news were reported.
So,
it became an excellent martial site, and a French intelligence center of the
first degree.
Life spread in to the island, its trade had grown, and its boats had played an
important role in transporting the supplies and the goods during martial
operations. Sometimes, it became a target bombarded by the German submarines.
A part of its people was transported to Cyprus, and married there.
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A
cannonry was taking place between the coast, the Turk, and the island, the
French. What worth's mentioning is that an Arwad called Sheik Hasan Hammod was
saddened by that, and started to write letters, put them in bottles, and throw
them into to sea. He mentioned in them the French site, their number, their
canons, and the persons who were collaborating with them.
Accidentally, these bottles fell in the hands of the French. Later, they
announced their will to employ a number of people, and make a paper test for
all of the readers and writers. Consequently, they recognize the owner of the
letter. He admitted that, and was taken from the island. No one knew anything
about him later.
The
order of day in Arwad continued on this way and took in the national leaders
who were arrested by the French authorities. They were put in its castle, and
undergone the torment of the prison and the bitterness of arrest, till it
became holding worthily the name of the jail of the nobles, and as a record of
history.
In
1922, the following masters were imprisoned in it. They are:
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Shekri Alqoatli.www.tartoos.com
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Abd Allatif Albisar. (Lebanese).
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Abd Alhameed Karami . ( Lebanese )
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Dr. Abd Al-Rahman Alshahbander .
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Said Haider .
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Toufik Al-Halabi .
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Badia Zoubain .
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Hasan Al-Hakim .
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Dr. Khaled Al-Khatib .
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Nadeem Zoubain .
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Dr. Mounir Sheikh Al Ard .
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Abd Al-Whhab Al-Afifi ( Egyptian )
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Mostafa Al-Galayini . ( Beirot's Mofia )
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Ibrahim Al-Beiroti .
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Fahim Al-Mohairi
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Sabir Mazloun
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Fares Al-Khouri and Said Al-Gazi .
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Ihsan Al-Sharif .
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Jamil Mardam Beik .
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Hashem Al-Atasi .
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Mazhar Arslan .
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Abd Hatahet .
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Mahmoud Al-Beiroty .
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Nader Al-Safi .
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Sadallah Al-Jabri .
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Abdlrahman Al-Kayali .
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