Ayyash Al-Haj
Ayyash Al-Haj Hussein Al-Jassim (Arabic: عياش الحاج حسين الجاسم) was a Syrian revolutionary who led the armed struggle against the French in the 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 in other parts of Syria. They also sentenced his eldest son Mohammed 20 years in prison on the island of Arwad, and executed his son Mahmoud by shooting with a number of other revolutionaries.
Ayyash Al-Haj | |
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عياش الحاج حسين الجاسم | |
| Born | 1864 Deir ez-Zor, Ottoman Syria |
| Died | 1926 (aged 61–62) Jableh, State of Syria |
| Cause of death | Assassinated by French colonial authorities |
| Body discovered | Mosque of Sultan Ibrahim ibn Adham, Jableh, Syria |
| Nationality | Syrian |
| Title | The Arab Prince |
| Relatives | Fadel Al-Aboud |
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.