Sattam Al-Fayez

Sattam Fendi Abbas Al Fayez (Arabic: سطام الفايز , (c.  1830 – 1891) was an emir who led the Bani Sakher tribe from 1881 until his death in 1891.[1][2] He was the de facto ruler of the Bani Sakher after his father Fendi Al-Fayez gave him most of his responsibilities in the late 1870s,[3] and was the first person to have led Westerners to view the Moabite Stone in 1868.[4] Sattam was also the first tribal sheikh to begin cultivating land in the 1860s,[5] which began the sedentary settlement process of many of the biggest tribes in Jordan.[6] In September 1881, after the reunification of the Al-Fayez family under Sattam, he was recognized by the Ottoman Administration as the Emir of Al-Jizah and the paramount Shaykh of the Bani Sakher clan.[7]

Sattam Fendi Abbas Al-Fayez
Resting placeUmm Al-Amad, Jordan
Occupation(s)Emir and Tribal Leader
Years active1881–1891
TitleEmir

Paramount Shaykh

Agha
SuccessorTalal Al-Fayez
ChildrenMithqal Al Fayez
Parent
RelativesAkef Al-Fayez (grandson)

Kerak Castle

In his 1881 trip to the land of Palestine, Henry B. Tristram was imprisoned in the Kerak Castle by the Sheikh of the Majalis. Sattam, who was expecting Henry's arrival, was notified of this, and decided to ride to Al-Kerak to free Henry, whom he had become friends with 13 years prior. Sattam appeared with only two other men, and he demanded that the Majalis hand over Henry and his crewmates, with the Majalis asking for ransom in return. According to Henry, Sattam replied to the Majalis calmly:

"You men of Kerak have hundreds of camels with their young, and thousands of sheep with their lambs, out on our plains. The Beni Sakk'r have been a wall to them all these months, and now you ask ransom for my brothers! Nay, my friends; but if we return not within two days, your camels and goats will travel farther, even to our camp, and I shall weep for the losses of you, my friends, but my people will not make them good."

Henry and his crewmates were released the same day, and set off the next morning.[8]

See also

References
  1. Hill, Gray (1891). With the Beduins. the New York Public Library: T. F. Unwin. p. 249.
  2. zur Erforschung Palästinas, Deutscher Verein (1901). Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins, Volume 24. Princeton University: O. Harrassowitz. p. 28.
  3. Alon, Yoav (2016). The Shaykh of Shaykhs. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 17. ISBN 9780804799348.
  4. Tristram, Henry B. (1873). The Land of Moab. London: Cambridge University Press. p. 134. Note: in this work Sattam's name is given as Sheikh Zadam.
  5. van der Steen, Eveline (2014). Near Eastern Tribal Societies During the Nineteenth Century. Routledge. p. 189.
  6. Peake, Pasha (1958). A history of Jordan and its tribes. University of Miami Press. p. 218.
  7. Abu Jaber, Rauf (1989). Pioneers Over Jordan. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 1850431167.
  8. Tristram, Henry Baker (1894). Eastern Customs in Bible Lands. New York: Hodder and Stoughton. p. 120.
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