Assem Bey Said
Mayor of Jaffa (1919 — 1939)
About Assem Bey Said
Lived 1877 – 1942 (aged 64–65).
Assam Bek As-Said (Arabic: عاصم بك السعيد) (31 - 1877 June 1942) was a Palestinian politician who served as mayor of Jaffa between 1919 and 1939.
Biography As-Said was born in Jaffa in 1877 to a notable Jaffan family.
In 1938, As-Said fled to Cairo amid riots in Jaffa. In September, Hussein Shehad Eddin was appointed Acting Mayor in Said's stead. On 5 January 1939, Mandatory authorities dissolved Jaffa's City Council, replacing it with a three-person committee headed by Abd al-Rauf al-Bitar.
As-Said died on 31 June 1942 at the French Hospital in Jerusalem after a prolonged illness.
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Who was Assem Bey Said?
Mayor of Jaffa (1919 — 1939)
When was Assem Bey Said born?
Assem Bey Said was born in 1877 in Jaffa.
When did Assem Bey Said die?
Assem Bey Said died in 1942 in French Hospital Saint-Louis.
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