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Said al-As

Sa'id al-'As
سعيد العاص
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Al-'As seated with his rifle, 1925
Born 1889
Hama, Ottoman Syria
Died 6 October 1936(1936-10-06)
Jerusalem vicinity, British Mandate of Palestine
Allegiance Arab Kingdom of Syria
Kingdom of Iraq
Years of service 1918–1920 (Kingdom of Syria)
1925-1927 (Syrian rebels)
1927-1936 (Kingdom of Iraq)
Commands held General Commander of Great Syrian Revolt (1925-1927)
Commander of Rebels in Jerusalem (1936)
Battles/wars Battle of Maysalun (1920)
Great Syrian Revolt (1925–1927)
Arab Revolt in Palestine (1936)

Sa'id al-'As (Arabic: سعيد العاص‎‎) (1889 – 6 October 1936) was a Syrian nationalist, a former officer in the Ottoman army and a high-ranking commander of rebel forces during the Great Syrian Revolt against French rule in Syria and the 1936 revolt against British rule in Palestine. He was killed in action near Jerusalem during the latter.

Al-'As was born to a family of modest financial means in Hama, central Syria, in 1889. He graduated from the Ottoman Military School in Damascus and later the Ottoman Military College (Maktab Harbiye) in Istanbul.Ottoman rule in Syria ended in 1918 with their defeat by British and Sharifian forces in World War I. Following the war, al-'As was among the group of former Ottoman officers who allied with the Sharifian commander Emir Faisal. Faisal served as king of the Kingdom of Syria until 1920, when the kingdom was dissolved by French forces after they defeated Faisal's army in the Battle of Maysalun. Al-'As participated in that battle. Afterward, the French Mandate of Syria was established. Al-'As then left for Amman in the Emirate of Transjordan, where he lived in exile.


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