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Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani, alternatively spelled Daher al-Omar or Dahir al-Umar (Arabic: ظاهر العمر الزيداني, romanized: Ẓāhir al-ʿUmar az-Zaydānī, 1689/90 – 21 or 22 August 1775), was an Arab ruler of northern Palestine in the mid-18th century, while the region was part of the Ottoman Empire.
Zahir al-‘Umar al-Zaydani (1690-1775) was arguably the best-known provincial leader in the Syrian provinces of the Ottoman Sultanate to establish an autonomous regime in northern Palestine.
Umar al-Zaydani (died 1706) was the multazem of Safad and Tiberias, and surrounding villages, between 1697 and 1706 and the sanjak-bey (district governor) of Safad between 1701 and 1706. He was appointed by the governor of Sidon, Arslan Mehmed Pasha, the sanjak-bey (district governor) of Safad.
Zahir al-'Umar 333 'Umar al-Zaydani, a shaykh who ruled much of northern Palestine and southern Lebanon in the second and third quarters of the eighteenth century. Expanding from a family base around Safad, Zahir, his sons, and his retinue established political and economic control in the Galilee,
The first member of the dynasty to be attested in the historical record was Sheikh Umar al-Zaydani. His father was Sheikh Salih, who was known to have developed a good reputation and a leadership role in the Shaghur subdistrict in the central Galilee.
This book, about the life and times of al-Zahir al-‘Umar al-Zaydani, is a welcome second edition of a work originally published almost thirty years ago and it comes at a time of renewed interest in the man outside the English-speaking academe.*
Sheikh Dhahir al-Umar al-Zaydani was most notable for his ability to rule wisely, defy the Ottomans, and form an early Palestinian government. Born in 1689 in the Galilean village of Arrabat al-Battuf, east of Acre, Dhahir in the mid-eighteenth century became an autonomous Arab ruler of northern Palestine, while the region was still part of the ...
