Umar al-Zaydani

Umar al-Zaydani
Sanjak-Bey of Safad
In office 1701–1706
Preceded by	Mansur Shihab I
Succeeded by	Muhammad Nafi'
Personal details
Died	1706 Galilee, Sidon Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Relations	Zaydani family
Children	Sa'd al-Umar Zahir al-Umar Salih "Abu Dani" al-Umar Yusuf al-Umar Shammah
Parents	Zaydan
Religion	Sunni Islam

Umar al-Zaydani (died 1706) was the multazem (tax farmer) of Safad and Tiberias, and their 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 Mansur's death, Umar succeeded him as sanjak-bey. Umar was the father of Zahir al-Umar.^[1]

References

1. 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-ʻUmar. Kingston Press. ISBN 9780940670112.