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Umar al-Zaydani
Umar al-Zaydani
Sanjak-Bey of Safad
	In office; 1701–1706
Preceded by	Mansour Shihab I
Succeeded by	Muhammad Nafi'
Personal details
Died	1706; Galilee (Safed Sanjak), Sidon Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Relations	Zaydani family
Children	Sa'd al-Omar ; Zahir al-Omar ; Salih "Abu Dani" al-Omar ; Yusuf al-Omar ; Shammah
Parent	Zaydan

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]

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

Bibliography edit

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 Mansour Shihab I	Sanjak-Bey of Safad 1701—1706	Succeeded by Muhammad Nafi
Preceded by Zaydan	Multazem of Tiberias 1697-1706	Succeeded by Zahir al-Umar

[Joudah20-21-1] Joudah 1987, pp. 20-21.

[2] Harris 2012, p. 114.

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Umar al-Zaydani

Sanjak-Bey of Safad
In office 1701–1706
Preceded by	Mansour Shihab I
Succeeded by	Muhammad Nafi'

Personal details
Died	1706 Galilee (Safed Sanjak), Sidon Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Relations	Zaydani family
Children	Sa'd al-Omar Zahir al-Omar Salih "Abu Dani" al-Omar Yusuf al-Omar Shammah
Parent	Zaydan

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