 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Shallash akava kaputeni muuto reOttoman, achishumira paLibya neBalkanmauto 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. 