Umar al-Zaydani

Umar al-Zaydani
Sanjak-Bey of Safad
In office
1701–1706
Preceded byMansour Shihab I
Succeeded byMuhammad Nafi'
Personal details
Died1706
Galilee (Safed Sanjak), Sidon Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
RelationsZaydani family
ChildrenSa'd al-Omar
Zahir al-Omar
Salih "Abu Dani" al-Omar
Yusuf al-Omar
Shammah
ParentZaydan

Umar al-Zaydani (died 1706) was the multazem (tax farmer) of Safad and Tiberias, and surrounding villages, between 1697 and 1706 and the sanjak-bey (district governor) of Safad between 1701 and 1706.[1] He was appointed by the governor of Sidon, Arslan Mehmed Pasha, the sanjak-bey (district governor) of Safad.[2] Umar belonged to the Zayadina, an Arab clan that was part of the same Qaisi confederation as the semi-autonomous Shihab emirs (princes) of Mount Lebanon. Following Emir Mansour's death, Umar succeeded him as sanjak-bey. Umar was the father of Zahir al-Umar.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Joudah 1987, pp. 20-21.
  2. ^ Harris 2012, p. 114.

Bibliography

  • Harris, William (2012). Lebanon: A History, 600–2011. OUP USA. ISBN 9780195181111.
  • Joudah, Ahmad Hasan (1987). Revolt in Palestine in the Eighteenth Century: The Era of Shaykh Zahir Al-ʻOmar. Kingston Press. ISBN 9780940670112.
Preceded by Sanjak-Bey of Safad
1701—1706 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Zaydan
 Multazem of Tiberias
1697-1706 		Succeeded by