Leaders of the National Bloc receiving Riad al-Sulh in Damascus in 1934. Front row (from left to right): Nasib al-Bakri, Saadallah al-Jabiri, Fares al-Khury, Ibrahim Hananu, Hashem al-Atasi, Riad al-Sulh, Abdul Ghafour Msouti, Abdul Qader al-Keilani, Jamil Mardam Bey. Back row (fifth from left): Zaki al-Khatib, Tawfiq al-Shishakli, Najib al-Rayyes, Mazhar Raslan, Naiim Antaki, Ihsan al-Sharif, and Shukri al-Quwatli. Standing behind the two sheikhs is Abdul-Rahman Kayyali.