 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yeHondo yeFrance-Syria, ar-Rastan yakashanda seimwe yenzvimbo dzaSaleh al-Ali nevatsigiri vake vemuno uye yakaputirwa nemauto eFrance kutanga kwa1920. Mhuri mbiri dzevarimi vechiSunni, Firzat neHamdan, dzaitonga ar-Rastan muzana remakore rechi19 uye kutanga kwezana remakore rechi20. Vokutanga vaiti vaiva vazukuru verudzi rwevaBanu Abs vakasvika muSyria sechikamu cheuto raKhalid ibn al-Walid pakati pezana remakore rechinomwe. Nhengo, Sheikh Abd al-Qader, akashanda se mukhtar wear-Rastan munguva dzekupedzisira dzeOttoman neFrench Mandate. 