Under Faisal, Bukhari commanded the Aleppo garrison before being sent to Cairo in January 1920 as military attache to Egypt.

In July 1920 French Mandate of Syria was declared,[1] and the country was divided into several independent states.

[4] On 5 April 1939, during a cabinet crisis between the ruling National Bloc and the opposition,[5] nationalist leader Hashim al-Atassi called on Bukhari to form a non-party government.

[6] In addition to being premier, Bukhari held the portfolios of interior and defense, and appointed independent veteran politician, Khalid al-Azm, minister of economy.

However, his subsequent advocacy of a Syrian Army with military draft proved electorally unpopular in Damascus.