Sa'id al-As
Sa'id al-'As | |
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 Al-'As seated with his rifle, 1925 | |
| Native name | سعيد العاص |
| Born | 1889 Hama, Ottoman Syria |
| Died | 6 October 1936 (aged 46–47) Jerusalem vicinity, British Mandate of Palestine |
| Allegiance |  Arab Kingdom of Syria Kingdom of Iraq |
| Years of service | 1918–1920 (Kingdom of Syria) 1925–1927 (Syrian rebels) 1927–1936 (Kingdom of Iraq) |
| Commands held | General Commander of Great Syrian Revolt (1925–1927) Commander of Rebels in Jerusalem (1936) |
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Sa'id al-'As (
Early life
Al-'As was born to a family of modest financial means in
Role in the Great Syrian Revolt
In the mid-summer of 1925, after three prominent Druze leaders were invited to Damascus by the French authorities, only to be arrested and imprisoned,
Al-'As became a prominent leader of the rebellion, moving between the
As the revolt came to an end in 1927, al-'As departed from the
Commander in Palestine
When the
Death and legacy
Al-'As was killed in a confrontation with British forces in the Jerusalem area on 6 October 1936. Al-Husayni was severely wounded in the clash, which ended his military activities for the remainder of the year. However, he emerged as al-'As's successor in the Jerusalem sector between 1937 and the end of the revolt in 1939.[10]
In 1935, al-'As had Safahat min al-ayyam al-hamraa, a collection of his memoirs on the Great Syrian Revolt, published. The book was later republished by his grandson. From the perspective of the
References
Sources
- ^ a b Provence 2009, p. 40.
- ^ Quilliam & Seccombe 1999, p. 89.
- ^ Provence 2009, pp. 45–46.
- ^ Provence 2011, p. 220.
- ^ Provence 2011, pp. 135–137.
- ^ Provence 2009, pp. 142–143.
- ^ a b Talhami 2001, p. 18.
- ^ Sulaiman 1984, p. 49.
- ^ Nafi 1998, p. 227.
- ^ a b Nafi 1998, p. 246.
- ^ Provence 2009, pp. 180–181.
Bibliography
- Nafi, Basheer M. (1998). Arabism, Islamism and the Palestine Question, 1908–1941: A Political History. Ithaca Press. ISBN 978-0-86372-235-6.
- Neep, Daniel (10 September 2012). Occupying Syria Under the French Mandate: Insurgency, Space and State Formation. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-00006-3.
- Quilliam, Neil; Seccombe, Ian J. (1999). Syria. Clio Press. ISBN 978-1-85109-317-5.
- Provence, Michael (17 September 2009). The Great Syrian Revolt and the Rise of Arab Nationalism. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-77432-2.
- Provence, Michael (2011). "Ottoman Modernity, Colonialism, and Insurgency in the Interwar Arab East". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 43 (2): 205–225. S2CID 161694886.
- Sulaiman, Khalid A. (1984). Palestine and Modern Arab Poetry. Zed Books. ISBN 978-0-86232-238-0.
- Talhami, Ghada Hashem (2001). Syria and the Palestinians: The Clash of Nationalisms. University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-3121-7.
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