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Foreign Minister Jamil Mardam Bey at the Lebanese Embassy in Egypt in 1944
From left to right: Sami al-Khury, the Lebanese Ambassador to Egypt, Abdul Rahman Azzam, the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Lebanese Prime Minister Riad al-Sulh, Tahseen al-Askari, the Iraqi Ambassador to Egypt, Jamil Mardam Bey, Mansur Lahhoud, Omar Fathi, and Asaad Dagher.

A group of Arab politicians assembled in Cairo during the 1940s
A group of Arab politicians assembled in Cairo during the 1940s. Abdul Rahman Azzam, the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Jamil Mardam Bey, Riad al-Sulh, Mohammad Ibn Abdul Karim al-Khatabi (a leading nationalist leader from Morocco), Amin al-Husseini, the Mufti of Jerusalem, and standing is Habib Bourgeiba, the future President of Tunisia.

President Shukri al-Quwatli in Cairo during the war of 1948
Third from left: Foreign Minister Jamil Mardam Bey, President Shukri al-Quwatli, Lebanese Prime Minister Riad al-Sulh, Deputy Parliament Speaker Mohammad al-Ayesh, Arab League Secretary General Abdul Rahman Azzam, Amin al-Husseini, the Mufti of Jerusalem

The Arab leaders discussing war strategy in Daraa in southern Syria during the Arab-Israeli War of 1948
From left to right: Lebanese Prime Minister Riad al-Sulh, King Abdullah of Jordan, Syrian Prime Minister Jamil Mardam Bey, Jordanian Prime Minister Samir al-Rifaii, Prince Abdul-Illah of Iraq, President Shukri al-Quwatli, and Abdul Rahman Azzam, the Secretary-General of the Arab League.

Prime Minister Fares al-Khury with Arab guests in Damascus in 1948
From left to right: Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Prime Minister Fares al-Khury, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal Ibn Abdul-Aziz

Celebrating the first Army Day in Syria on August 1, 1945
From left to right: Sheikh Yusuf Yassin on behalf of King Abdul-Aziz of Saudi Arabia, Abdul Rahman Azzam the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Acting Parliament Speaker Mohammad al-Ayesh, President Shukri al-Quwatli, Foreign Minister Jamil Mardam Bey, Justice Minister Said al-Ghazzi, Emir Adel Arslanو a political advisor to President Quwatli.

Ex-President Shukri al-Quwatli in Alexandria visiting Arab League Secretary General Abdul Rahman Azzam in 1950
The two men are pictured with Saudi Foreign Minister (later king) Faisal Ibn Abdul-Aziz

President Shukri al-Quwatli with Arab League Secretary General Abdul Rahman Azzam in 1948
From left to right: Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha, Acting Speaker of Parliament Mohammad al-Ayesh, President Shukri al-Quwatli

President Shukri al-Quwatli attending an official function with Arab guests in Damascus in April 1946
From left to right: Arab League Secretary General Abdul Rahman Azzam, unknown, Lebanese Prime Minister Riad al-Sulh, Bahjat al-Talhuni the special envoy to King Abdullah I of Jordan (who later became Prime Minister of Jordan), President Shukri al-Quwatli, Acting Parliament Speaker Mohammad al-Ayesh, Prime Minister Jamil Mardam Bey, Justice Minister Said al-Ghazzi. Former Syrian Prime Ministers are seated in the back row: Nasuh al-Boukhari (between Sulh and Talhuni), Lutfi al-Haffar (between Talhuni and Quwatli), Khaled al-Azm (behind Quwatli), Ata al-Ayyubi (between Quwatli and Ayesh).

Saudi guests visiting President Shukri al-Quwatli at his Alexandria exile in 1950
From left to right: Hafez Wahbe, political advisor to Saudi King Abdul-Aziz al-Saud and designer of the Saudi Arabian Flag, Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha, the secretary-general of the Arab League, President Quwatli, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal Ibn Abdul-Aziz