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He was a  who was known as Amir al-Bayān (Arabic for "Prince of Eloquence") because in addition to being a politician, he was also an influential pan-Arabist, pan-Islamist writer, poet and historian an author, he penned some 20 books and 2,000 articles.

He was a  who was known as Amir al-Bayān (Arabic for "Prince of Eloquence") because in addition to being a politician, he was also an influential pan-Arabist, pan-Islamist writer, poet and historian an author, he penned some 20 books and 2,000 articles.

One of the Druze families who converted to [[Islam]], Arslan was one of the pillars of the all-Arab and all-Muslim movement in [[Syria]].<ref name=hedhamizrah-1949>[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/hed/1949/04/01/01/page/11 Hed HaMizrah - ⁨הד המזרח⁩, 1 April 1949⁩, p. 11].

One of the Druze families who converted to [[Islam]], Arslan was one of the pillars of the all-Arab and all-Muslim movement in [[Syria]]. He provoked anger from [[Christians]].<ref name=hedhamizrah-1949>[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/hed/1949/04/01/01/page/11 Hed HaMizrah - ⁨הד המזרח⁩, 1 April 1949⁩, p. 11].

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{{Cquote|He excited the believers to envy the zeal of Islam and provoked the anger of the [[Christians]].  In his many articles and speeches, the emir proved that the Arabs are loyal to the Turkish caliph dynasty and honor them over the Umms, the Abbasids and the Fatimids. He wasn't just all talk. At the head of a Druze battalion, the Emir marched to Egypt at the beginning of the First War to conquer the Suez and return the Nile Valley to the Sultan of Kushta.

{{Cquote|He excited the believers to envy the zeal of Islam and provoked the anger of the Christians.  In his many articles and speeches, the emir proved that the Arabs are loyal to the Turkish caliph dynasty and honor them over the Umms, the Abbasids and the Fatimids. He wasn't just all talk. At the head of a Druze battalion, the Emir marched to Egypt at the beginning of the First War to conquer the Suez and return the Nile Valley to the Sultan of Kushta.

Shakib Arslan then miraculously lifted Syria's loyalty to the Ottoman crown.  The Arabs welcomed Sharif Feisal Bin Hussein and all his plans in favor of the rebellion (in Turkey) found no echo in Damascus or in Aram Tzoba (Aleppo). The Arabs remained loyal to Kalif until the last moment...

Shakib Arslan then miraculously lifted Syria's loyalty to the Ottoman crown.  The Arabs welcomed Sharif Feisal Bin Hussein and all his plans in favor of the rebellion (in Turkey) found no echo in Damascus or in Aram Tzoba (Aleppo). The Arabs remained loyal to Kalif until the last moment...