Zahir al-Umar, Arabian ruler (born 1690)

Zahir al-Umar

Arab ruler of northern Palestine (1689/90–1775)

Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani, alternatively spelled Dhaher el-Omar or Dahir al-Umar, was an Arab ruler of northern Palestine in the mid-18th century, while the region was part of the Ottoman Empire. For much of his reign, starting in the 1730s, his domain mainly consisted of the…