Ayyash Al-Haj

Ayyash Al-Haj
عياش الحاج حسين الجاسم
Born1864
Deir ez-Zor, Ottoman Syria
Died1926 (aged 61–62)
Jableh, State of Syria
Cause of deathAssassinated by French colonial authorities
Body discoveredMosque of Sultan Ibrahim ibn Adham, Jableh, Syria
NationalitySyrian
TitleThe Arab Prince
RelativesFadel Al-Aboud

Ayyash Al-Haj Hussein Al-Jassim (Arabic: عياش الحاج حسين الجاسم) was a Syrian revolutionary who led the armed struggle against the French in Deir al-Zour Governorate in 1925 during the Great Syrian Revolt. He was sent into exile to Jableh in western Syria with his family after they were convicted of planning and carrying out future rebellions against the French. They also sentenced his eldest son Mohammed to 20 years in prison on the island of Arwad, and executed his son Mahmoud by shooting with several other revolutionaries.[1][2][3][4]

Shortly after Al-Haj and his family were sent to Jableh, he was assassinated by the French authorities in a café outside of the city by poisoning his coffee, and prevented the transfer of his body to his hometown in Deir Ez-zor for reasons of public security. He was buried in Jableh in the cemetery of Sultan Ibrahim ibn Adham Mosque where the absent prayers held for the spirit of this martyr mujahid in all the Syrian cities.[5][6][7]

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