Qasim al-Ahmad

Qasim Pasha al-Ahmad
Born	Beit Wazan, Eyalet of Sidon, Ottoman Empire
Died	Late 1834 Damascus, Damascus Vilayet
Nationality	Ottoman
Known for	Head of Qasim clan Chief of Jamma'in Subdistrict Mutasallim of Jerusalem Mutasallim of Nablus Leader of the Peasants' revolt in Palestine

Qasim Pasha al-Ahmad (died 1834) was the chief of the Jamma'in subdistrict of Jabal Nablus during the Ottoman and Egyptian periods in Palestine in the mid-19th century. He also served as the mutassalim (tax collector) of Jerusalem between 1832 and 1833. Qasim headed the Qasim clan, a prominent rural family of Jabal Nablus. He led the peasants of Palestine in their revolt against the Egyptian rule of Ibrahim Pasha in 1834. Following the revolt's suppression, he was captured and executed by the authorities.

Qasim was born in Beit Wazan, the throne village of the Qasim clan. The Qasim clan formed the eastern branch of the Bani Ghazi tribe in the Jamma'in subdistrict. The western branch were known as the Rayyan clan and were based in Majdal Yaba. In the centuries-long intermittent civil feuds in Palestine between the Qays and Yaman factions, the Qasim were part of the Yamani coalition.

In the 19th century, Qasim, along with Ahmad al-Qasim Jarrar, of the Jarrar clan, led a local struggle against the Tuqan clan under Musa Bey Tuqan's leadership for dominance over Nablus, the commercial center of Jabal Nablus. In the early 1820s, Musa Bey and his forces, buoyed by some troops of Sulayman Pasha, the Ottoman governor of Acre, besieged Qasim at the village of Sarra, southwest of Nablus. Qasim led all of his men in a strong charge against Musa's forces, breaking the siege and causing Musa and Sulaiman's troops to disperse and flee to Nablus. According to local accounts, Qasim personally killed 295 men with his sword, not counting anyone who he may have shot with his rifle.

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