 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Shallash akava kaputeni muuto reOttoman, achibatira paLibyauye nhandare dzeBalkan muna 1911 na1912, zvichiteerana. Muna 1916, akabatana neboka raSharif Hussein raida kuzvimiririra. Makore matatu gare gare, akatungamira kuedza kuona kuti Deir ez-Zor nenzvimbo dzakapoteredza dzinova chikamu cheSyria; nechinangwa ichocho, iye nevarwi vake veBedouin vakadzinga maBritish kubva muguta pasina chirango chakajeka kubva kumwanakomana waHussein, Emir Faisal. Somugumisiro akadzingwa muDeir ez-Zor asi akaramba achiedza. 