Umar al-Zaydani
Umar al-Zaydani was the multazem of Safad and Tiberias, and surrounding villages, between 1697 and 1706 and the sanjak-bey of Safad between 1701 and 1706. He was appointed by the governor of Sidon, Arslan Mehmed Pasha, the sanjak-bey of Safad. Umar belonged to the Zayadina, an Arab clan that was part of the same Qaisi confederation as the semi-autonomous Shihab emirs of Mount Lebanon. Following Emir Mansour's death, Umar succeeded him as sanjak-bey. Umar was the father of Zahir al-Umar.
