to Les Invalides. A massive cedar tree near the town of Ifrane in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco was named for the General; the Gouraud Cedar is considered to be over 800 years old, and was "discovered" by Gouraud's troops during the French campaign against anti-colonial resistance on the Timahdite Plateau in the years 1917–19. Moreover, the Cèdre Gouraud Forest in the Middle Atlas Mountain Range is named for Gouraud; this forest is one of the few remaining habitats of the endangered Barbary macaque. Rue Gouraud in the Achrafieh district of Beirut is named for the General. Notes References This article incorporates translations of the French language Wikipedia articles :fr:Henri Joseph Eugène Gouraud and :fr:Mandat français en Syrie. Le général Gouraud durant la Grande Guerre Biographie de Henri Joseph Eugène Gouraud On his time in the Levant Philippe Gouraud. Le general Henri Gouraud au Liban et en Syrie (1919–1923) (Comprendre le Moyen-Orient). L'Harmattan (1993). Elizabeth Thompson. Colonial Citizens: Republican Rights, Paternal Privilege, and Gender in French Syria and Lebanon. Columbia University Press, (2000) External links 1867 births 1946 deaths Politicians from Paris French military personnel of World War I French generals People of French West Africa People of French Equatorial Africa French colonial governors of Mauritania Colonial Governors of French Niger French colonial governors and administrators High Commissioners of the Levant Military governors of Paris Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres French military personnel of the Franco-Turkish War People of the Franco-Syrian War Collège Stanislas de Paris alumni Foreign recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (United States) Recipients of the Order of the White Lion Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France) Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur Recipients of the Ordre du Nichan El-Anouar Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army) French amputees Military personnel from Paris