Afif el-Solh
1890 – 1976

1890



1908



1919


1916-21
The Sykes-Picot Agreement, signed in 1916 and implemented a few years later to partition the crumbling Ottoman Empire in the Arab Orient and Anatolia between the British, French and Russians. Faisal withdrew to Iraq where he became King. Rida and Riad returned to Lebanon, leaving Afif in Syria to continue the fight for independence.

1919

Front row, left to right: Prince Fayez al-Shihabi, Palestinian nationalist Rafiq al-Tamimi, Palestinian nationalist Awni Abdul Hadi, Ahmad Qadri, Muin al-Madi, Tawfiq Yazagi, Suheil Talab. Middle row: Wasfi al-Atasi, Ahmad Murayed, Shukri al-Quwatli (future president of Syria), Prince Bahjat al-Shihabi, Salim al-Attar, Zaki al-Tamimi, Husni al-Barazi (future Prime Minister of Syria). Back row: Adel al-Azma, Riad el-Solh (future Prime Minister of Lebanon), Saadallah al-Jabiri (future Prime Minister of Syria), Afif el-Solh, Palestinian nationalist Izzat Darwaza.
1923

1932

Front row (from left to right) : Rafiq Hussami, Sheikh Abdul Qader Sarmini, Ibrahim Hananu (co founder), Bloc President Hashem Al-Atasi, Fares al-Khury (co-founder and dean of Bloc), Tawfiq al-Shishkli, Jamil Mardam Bey (future prime minister). Back row: Riad el-Solh (future prime minister of Lebanon), Najib Baqi, Aref al-Nakadi, Mazhar pasha raslan (ex-prime minister of Jordan), Afif el-Solh, Naim Antaki, Fakhri al-Barudi, Nasib al-Bakri,s Najib al-Rayye (publisher of al-Qabas daily), and Saadallah al-Jabiri (future prime minister) Image source: syrianhistory.com
1932

Front row (left to right) : Shukri al-Quwatli, Mazhar Pasha Raslan, Ibrahim Hananu, Hashem al-Atasi, Fares al-Khury, Najib al-Barazi, Mohammad al-Nahhas. Back row : Ihsan al-Sharif, Tawfiq al-Shishakli, Fayez al-Khury, Saadallah al-Jabiri, Said al-Ghazzi, Afif el-Solh Image source: syrianhistory.com
1934

Front row (left to right): Unknown, Afif el-Solh, Mohammad Nahhas, Fakhri al-Barudi, Riad el-Solh, Lutfi al-Haffar, Ihsan al-Sharif, Yusuf Issa, Nasuh Babil, publisher of al-Ayyam. The last three men seated from the right are unidentified. Image source: syrianhistory.com
1943

1047-51



1954

1976
