Humaydi Daham al-Hadi

Sheikh Humaydi Daham al-Hadi (also Hamidi Daham al-Hadi and Hmeidi Daham al-Jarba; Arabic: حميدي دهام الهادي الجربا, 1936 – 10 November 2022) was the leader of the Arab tribe of Shammar in Syria.

Sheikh Humaydi Daham al-Hadi
Native name	حميدي دهام الهادي الجربا
Other name(s)	Hamidi Daham al-Hadi, Hmeidi Daham al-Jarba
Born	c. 1936 Tall Ulu al-Ula, Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria
Died	November 10, 2022(2022-11-10) (aged 86) Erbil, Kurdistan Region
Cause of death	Cancer
Allegiance	Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Military affiliation	Al-Sanadid Forces
Years of service	2014–2022
Rank	Tribal leader and politician
Known for	Leadership of Shammar tribe Co-president of Jazira canton (Rojava)
Battles / wars	Campaigns against ISIL
Children	Bandar al-Humaydi
Other work	Secretary General of the Democratic Conservative Party (Syria)

Biography

Al-Hadi al-Jarba was born in Tall Ulu al-Ula, al-Hasakah Governorate in 1936,^[1] 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.^[2][3][4][5] He has actively promoted the campaign against ISIL, and has been a severe critic of Wahhabism.^[2][6]

His son Bandar al-Humaydi is military leader of al-Sanadid Forces.^[2]

He chaired a meeting of Arab tribal representatives in August 2017 that resulted in the foundation of the Democratic Conservative Party.^[7] He was subsequently chosen as the party's first secretary general.^[8] 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.^[9]

On 10 November 2022, he died at hospital in Erbil, aged 86.^[1][10][11]