Hamad Sa'b

Hamad Sa'b (surname also spelled Saab or Sa'ab, Arabic: حمد صعب‎) (1891-1941) was an Arab nationalist rebel commander from Lebanon.[1] 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.[2]

Hamad Sa'b
Sa'b at Bloudan Conference, 1937
Born1891
Kahlouniyeh, Mutasarrifate of Mount Lebanon, Ottoman Empire
Died1941 (aged 49–50)
Kingdom of Iraq
NationalityLebanese
Known forParticipant in Great Syrian Revolt
Commander of Lebanese volunteers in 1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine

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.[3] 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,[4] 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.[5]

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.[2]

References
  1. Swayd 2009, p. 21.
  2. Swayd 2009, pp. 139-140.
  3. Parsons, ed. Schayegh 2015, p. 395.
  4. Artzi 1978, p. 174.
  5. Artzi 1978, p. 179.

Bibliography
  • Artzi, Pinhas (1978), Bar-Ilan Studies in History: Confrontation and Coexistence, Bar-Ilan University Press
  • Parsons, Laila (2015), "Rebels Without Borders: Southern Syria and Palestine, 1919-1936", in Cyrus Schayegh (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of the History of the Middle East Mandates, Routledge, ISBN 9781317497066
  • Swayd, Sami S. (2009), The A to Z of the Druzes, Rowman & Littlefield
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