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The first Arab Summit in Anshas, Egypt, in May 1946
From left to right: Syrian Prime Minister Fares al-Khury, Saudi Crown Prince Saud Ibn Abdul-Aziz, Iraqi Crown Prince Abdul-Illah, President Shukri al-Quwatli, King Farouk of Egypt, King Abdullah of Jordan, President Bshara al-Khury of Lebanon, and Imam Yehya of Yemen.

At the Arab League headquarters in Cairo in February 1948
From left to right: Sheikh Yusuf Yassin of Saudi Arabia, Lebanon’s Prime Minister Riad al-Sulh, Egyptian Prime Minister Mahmud Fihmi al-Nokrachi Pasha, Syria’s Prime Minister Jamil Mardam Bey, and Hajj Amin al-Husseini, the Mufti of Jerusalem.

A political conversation in Cairo during the 1940s
From left to right: Edmond Homsi, Naim Antaki, Lutfi al-Haffar, and Makram Obeid Pasha.

At an Arab League Conference in Cairo on November 25, 1946
From left to right: Hussein Haykal Pasha, Speaker of the Egyptian Congress, Ibrahim Abdul Hadi Pasha, the Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lutfi al-Haffar, Prime Minister Saadallah al-Jabiri, and Abdul Rahman Azzam, the Secretary-General of the Arab League.

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

Arab leaders assembled in Egypt during the Palestine War of 1948
From left to right: Iraqi Regent Prince Abdul-Illah, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Saud Ibn Abdul-Aziz, Lebanese President Bshara al-Khury, President Shukri al-Quwatli of Syria, King Farouk of Egypt, King Abdullah I of Jordan

Foreign Minister Khalil Mardam Bey presiding over an Arab League meeting in Cairo in 1953
Mardam Bey, a renowned Syrian poet, is seated on the left side of the table (fifth from left). This photo was taken during the era of President Adib al-Shishakli.

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).