Sultan al-Atrash with his father Dhoukan al-Atrash in 1908

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Dhoukan al-Atrash was executed by the Ottoman Turks for harboring Arab nationalist sentiments in 1913. His son Sultan Pasha became a ranking soldier in the Arab Revolt of 1916 and led a revolt against the French in 1925-1927.