Alternative History
Alternative History

This is a list of Syrian Shagusi's, the traditional title for a Syrian monarch, since independence from West Persia in 1882.

Portrait Name Reign Achievements
Sharif Hussein portrait Aristobulus I

King of Syria, the Decapolis, and Yehud

31 March 1882 25 November 1899 First Hasmonean monarch of an independent Syria. Aided the British and was previously subnational King of Yehud.
Faisal I of Iraq circa 1920 Amon

King of Syria and Canaan

25 November 1899 6 April 1922 Married a Davidic descendant and founded the Hasmonean-Davidic line.
Lamine Bey Hyrcanus I

King of Syria and Canaan

6 April 1922 10 June 1954 King of Syria during their only military participation. Overthrown in a coup and executed.
Hussein of Jordan Hyrcanus II

King of Syria

10 June 1954 17 August 1999 Overthrew his father in a coup. Installed Liberal reforms which transformed the nation into a constitutional monarchy.
Abdullah II Aristobulus II

King of Syria

17 August 1999 Present Current King of Syria.