Umar al-Zaydani explained

Umar al-Zaydani
Office1:Sanjak-Bey of Safad
Term Start1:1701
Term End1:1706
Predecessor1:Mansour Shihab I
Successor1:Muhammad Nafi'
Dynasty:Ottoman Empire
Parents:Zaydan
Children:Sa'd al-Omar
Zahir al-Omar
Salih "Abu Dani" al-Omar
Yusuf al-Omar
Shammah
Relations:Zaydani family
Death Date:1706
Death Place:Galilee (Safed Sanjak), Sidon Eyalet, Ottoman Empire

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]

Bibliography

Notes and References

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