Umar al-Zaydani
Umar al-Zaydani | |
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| 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 |
| Children | 5 |
| Relatives | Zaydani family |
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. He was appointed by the governor of Sidon, Arslan Mehmed Pasha, the sanjak-bey (district governor) of Safad. 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.