Hamad Sa'b

Hamad Sa'b

Sa'b at Bloudan Conference, 1937
Born 1891
Kahlouniyeh, Mutasarrifate of Mount Lebanon, Ottoman Empire
Died 1941
Kingdom of Iraq
Nationality Lebanese
Known for Participant in Great Syrian Revolt
Commander of Lebanese volunteers in 1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine

Hamad Sa'b (surname also spelled Saab or Sa'ab) (1891-1941) was an Arab nationalist rebel commander from Lebanon. He was born to a Druze family in Kahlouniyeh in the Chouf region of the Mutasarrifate of Mount Lebanon during the Ottoman era. He took part in the Great Syrian Revolt against French rule in 1925-27.[1]

During the 1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, Sa'b led a contingent of some 30 Lebanese volunteers, mostly Druze, to aid local rebels fighting against British rule and the growing Zionist movement.[2] Sa'b and all of the volunteer contingents from the Arab world were under the overall command of Fawzi al-Qawuqji, a Syrian anti-colonialist rebel leader. Much of Sa'b's activity was centered in northern Palestine, particularly around the village of Bal'a,[3] where his rebels fought a battle against British forces on 3 September 1936, in which two Druze volunteers were killed, including Mahmud Abu Yahya, a well-known rebel from the Great Syrian Revolt.[4]

In 1941, Sa'b died fighting the British Army in Iraq. The vehicle he was traveling had been bombed by British forces, and according to local accounts, Sa'b died protecting al-Qawuqji who was also in the vehicle.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Swayd, 2009, pp. 139-140.
  2. ↑ Parsons, ed. Schayegh, p. 395.
  3. ↑ Artzi, 1978, p. 174.
  4. ↑ Artzi, 1978, p. 179.

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