Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...
ian politician of
Lebanese Druze
The Lebanese Druze () are an ethnoreligious group constituting about 5.2 percentPrime Minister of Transjordan from 11 April 1921 to 5 August 1921.
He participated in the
Great Syrian Revolt
The Great Syrian Revolt (), also known as the Revolt of 1925, was a general uprising across the State of Syria (1925–1930), State of Syria and Greater Lebanon during the period of 1925 to 1927. The leading rebel forces initially comprised figh ...
against the French authorities in 1925, until he was killed on 17 September 1926 in Shbeiki, Jabal Druze, where he was also buried and had a
memorial
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there.
Biography
Talaa was born to a
Druze
The Druze ( ; , ' or ', , '), who Endonym and exonym, call themselves al-Muwaḥḥidūn (), are an Arabs, Arab Eastern esotericism, esoteric Religious denomination, religious group from West Asia who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic ...
family in 1877 in Lebanon. He studied at the
Istanbul University
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, then held several senior positions, in which he became the mutasarrif of
Hauran
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Latakia
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. He established a committee in
Jerusalem
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along with
Adil Arslan
Adil Arslân (1880 – 23 January 1954) () was a Lebanese Druze politician, writer and poet. He was the older brother of the two princes Shakib Arslan and Nasib Arslan. He was a deputy for Lebanon in the Ottoman Parliament, Deputy Governor Ge ...
First World War
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Damascus
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, based on the recommendations of Muhammad Yusuf al-Shurayqi. He was later appointed a military governor in
Hama
Hama ( ', ) is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria. It is located north of Damascus and north of Homs. It is the provincial capital of the Hama Governorate. With a population of 996,000 (2023 census), Hama is one o ...
.
Afterwards, he became the first Minister of Interior in Syria from 30 September 1918 to 8 March 1920. He then became a governor in
Aleppo
Aleppo is a city in Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous Governorates of Syria, governorate of Syria. With an estimated population of 2,098,000 residents it is Syria's largest city by urban area, and ...
Emirate of Transjordan
The Emirate of Transjordan (), officially the Amirate of Trans-Jordan, was a British protectorate established on 11 April 1921,Abdullah I, then for a second tenure from 5 July to 5 August 1921, in which his premiership was dissolved due to pressure from the British authorities. He participated in the
Great Syrian Revolt
The Great Syrian Revolt (), also known as the Revolt of 1925, was a general uprising across the State of Syria (1925–1930), State of Syria and Greater Lebanon during the period of 1925 to 1927. The leading rebel forces initially comprised figh ...
against the French authorities in 1925, until he was killed on 17 September 1926 in Shbeiki, Jabal Druze, where he was also buried and had a
memorial
A memorial is an object or place which serves as a focus for the memory or the commemoration of something, usually an influential, deceased person or a historical, tragic event. Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects such as home ...