Humaydi Daham al-Hadi
{{Short description|Syrian politician (1936–2022)}}
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| native_name = حميدي دهام الهادي الجربا
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| other_name = Hamidi Daham al-Hadi, Hmeidi Daham al-Jarba
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| birth_date = {{circa|1936}}
| birth_place = Tall Ulu al-Ula, Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|11|10|1936|1|1}}
| death_place = {{flagicon|Kurdistan}} Erbil, Kurdistan Region
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| allegiance = {{flagicon image|Flag of Rojava.svg}}{{flagicon image|De facto SA-NES Flag.svg}} Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
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| serviceyears = 2014–2022
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- Leadership of Shammar tribe
- Co-president of Jazira canton (Rojava)
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- Campaigns against ISIL
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| children = Bandar al-Humaydi
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| laterwork = Secretary General of the Democratic Conservative Party (Syria)
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Sheikh Humaydi Daham al-Hadi (also Hamidi Daham al-Hadi and Hmeidi Daham al-Jarba; {{langx|ar|حميدي دهام الهادي الجربا}}, 1936 – 10 November 2022) was the leader of the Arab tribe of Shammar in Syria.
Biography
Al-Hadi al-Jarba was born in Tall Ulu al-Ula, al-Hasakah Governorate in 1936, to Daham ibn al-Hadi ibn al-Assi al-Jarba (1890–1976), who was the leader of Shammar tribe and a member in the People's Assembly of Syria.
In 2014, he was given a role described variously as co-president and co-governor of Jazira canton of Rojava in northern Syria.{{cite web|title=SDF plays central role in Syrian civil war|url=http://www.janes360.com/images/assets/333/57333/SDF_plays_central_role_in_Syrian_civil_war__1_.pdf|website=IHS Jane's 360|publisher=IHS|accessdate=28 February 2017|pages=3–4|date=20 January 2016|archive-date=23 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423194750/http://www.janes360.com/images/assets/333/57333/SDF_plays_central_role_in_Syrian_civil_war__1_.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last1=Gupta|first1=Rahila|title=Rojava's commitment to Jineolojî: the science of women|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/rahila-gupta/rojava-s-commitment-to-jineoloj-science-of-women|website=openDemocracy|accessdate=28 February 2017|language=en|date=9 April 2016|archive-date=22 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922025049/https://www.opendemocracy.net/rahila-gupta/rojava-s-commitment-to-jineoloj-science-of-women|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Sanadid fighters promote their participation in Wrath of Euphrates|url=http://en.hawarnews.com/sanadid-fighters-promote-their-participation-in-wrath-of-euphrates/|website=Hawar News Agency|accessdate=28 February 2017|date=9 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301180515/http://en.hawarnews.com/sanadid-fighters-promote-their-participation-in-wrath-of-euphrates/|archive-date=1 March 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite news |title=New U.S.-backed alliance to counter ISIS in Syria falters |first=Ben |last=Hubbard |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/03/world/middleeast/new-us-backed-alliance-in-syria-exists-in-name-only.html?_r=0 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2 November 2015 |accessdate=3 November 2015}} He has actively promoted the campaign against ISIL, and has been a severe critic of Wahhabism.{{cite web|title=New allies in northern Syria don't seem to share U.S. goals|url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/world/article41559747.html|publisher=The McClatchy Company|accessdate=28 February 2017|language=en|date=27 October 2015}}
His son Bandar al-Humaydi is military leader of al-Sanadid Forces.
He chaired a meeting of Arab tribal representatives in August 2017 that resulted in the foundation of the Democratic Conservative Party.{{cite news |url=https://smartnews-agency.com/en/wires/307083/kurdish-peoples-protection-units-intelligence-services-close-democratic-conservative-party |title=Kurdish People's Protection Units intelligence services close Democratic Conservative Party offices in al-Raqqa |author=Amena Riyad |work=Smart News |date=13 July 2018 |accessdate=24 September 2019 |archive-date=24 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924191403/https://smartnews-agency.com/en/wires/307083/kurdish-peoples-protection-units-intelligence-services-close-democratic-conservative-party |url-status=dead }} He was subsequently chosen as the party's first secretary general.{{Cite web|url=http://buyerpress.com/?p=56143 |title="المحافظين الديمقراطي" حزبٌ جديد يُعلن عن نفسه في قامشلو |trans-title=The Democratic Conservatives are a new party declaring itself in Qamishlo |work=buyer |language=Arabic |date=28 August 2017 |accessdate=25 September 2019 }} In March 2019, he traveled from northern Syria to Damascus, the Khmeimim Air Base and Baghdad for talks with Syrian, Russian and Iraqi officials. The visit was seen as a sign of his willingness to abandon the PYD in favour of the Syrian government.{{Cite web|url=https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/03/syria-kurds-isolated-arab-tribes-deals-damascus.html|title = Syria's Kurds increasingly isolated as Arab tribes cut deals with regime - Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East}}
On 10 November 2022, he died at hospital in Erbil, aged 86.{{cite web |url=https://www.albawaba.com/ar/أخبار/حميدي-دهام-الجربا-شيخ-قبيلة-شمر-في-ذمة-الله-1498251 |title=حميدي دهام الجربا شيخ قبيلة شمر في ذمة الله |website=albawaba.com |language=ar |date=10 November 2022 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.khaberni.com/news/قبائل-شمر-تودع-شيخها-حميدي-الدهام-الجربا-549720 |title=قبائل شمر تودع شيخها حميدي الدهام الجربا |website=khaberni.com |language=ar |date=10 November 2022 }}{{cite web |title=AA mourns passing of Sheikh Humaydi Daham al-Hadi |url=https://hawarnews.com/en/haber/aa-mourns-passing-of-sheikh-humaydi-daham-al-hadi-h33627.html |website=Hawar news agency |access-date=14 November 2022 |date=10 Nov 2022}}