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Mohammad Shammaa Al Zengi III

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Prince Mohammad Shammaa Zengi III (Mohammad Bin Abdullah Bin Mohammad Zengi, 1883–1954; Arabic: محمد بن عبد الله بن محمد شماع الزنكي ) was a member and prince of the Zengid Dynasty in Syria, and one of the pillars in the Syrian textile industry.[1] He opposed the Syrian government's decision in 1947 to seize his family's assets and feudal properties that had been loaned to the Islamic endowment (الاوقاف) since 1856.[2] He was succeeded by Prince Akram Shammaa Zengi

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  1. ^ translated from Aleppo encyclopedia, Khayr al-Din al-Asadi Arabic: خير الدين الأسدي، موسوعة حلب المقارنة
  2. ^ My diary, pages from the modern history of Syria Hasan al Hakim Arabic: مذكراتي صفحات من تاريخ سورية الحديث 1920-1958 , حسن الحكيم