abdul hamid al-tabba

President Shukri al-Quwatli with a group of merchants from Damascus in the mid-1940s
Standing near him, in turban and Islamic costume is Abdul Hamid al-Tabba, leader of the populist Islamist group al-Gharra.

The Islamic MP Abdul Hamid al-Tabba in 1944
Tabba helped Quwatli come to power in 1943 and then turned against him when Quwatli refused to answer to demands of the Islamic Bloc in Parliament

The founders of al-Mouwasat Hospital, the leading public hospital in Damascus, in 1944
Front row (from left to right): Mustapha Suwayd, Abdul Wahab Smadi, Amin Hashem al-Kutbi, Fares al-Mahayni, Damascus MP Abdul Hamid al-Tabba, Rushdi al-Baalbaki, Sami Qabbani, and Hani al-Jallad. Middle row (from left to right): Musallam al-Sioufi (president of the Damascus Chamber of Commerce), Husni Habal, Prime Minister Said al-Ghazzi, Husni Sabah (President of the Damascus University), Bader al-Din Diab, Mamduh al-Nuss, Adil al-Khuja (one of the founders of the al-Khumasiyya Company). Back row (from left to right): Fouad al-Khabbaz, Bashir Ramadan (future president of the Damascus Chamber of Commerce), Badih Qassas, Abdul Hadi al-Rabbat (one of the founders of al-Khumasiyya), Abdul Hadi al-Mardini, Salah al-Din al-Shurbaji, Abdul Hamid Diab (one of the founders of al-Khumasiyya), and Nabil al-Dardari.

Fakhri al-Barudi with a group of notables in the early 1940s
Fakhri Bey is fourth from left, while MP Abdul Hamid Tabba is seated to the far right of the front row.