The al-Omari a family that claims descent from Umar

Umar

`Umar ibn al-Khattāb c. 2 November , was a leading companion and adviser to the Islamic prophet Muhammad who later became the second Muslim Caliph after Muhammad's death....

, the second caliph

Caliph

The Caliph is the head of state in a Caliphate, and the title for the ruler of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah. It is a transcribed version of the Arabic word   which means "successor" or "representative"...

, or leader, of the Islamic empire. The family claims an origin in Mecca

Mecca

Mecca is a city in the Hijaz and the capital of Makkah province in Saudi Arabia. The city is located inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of above sea level...

, now in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

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. Starting in the 7th century, family members are said to have migrated to the areas that are now the nations of Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

, Syria

Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....

, Jordan

Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...

, Palestine

Palestine

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 and Egypt

Egypt

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.

The Iraqi Omaris are said to have produced a number of Sunni religious scholars and Ottoman

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 walis, or governors, during the Ottoman period. They were part of the educated Sunni elite. They also served various governments during the Mandatory and Monarchic periods of Iraqi history.

Omaris are known as Farooqi

Farooqi

Farooqui , is a distinctt name or surname or last name.- Origin :...

 in Turkey, South Asia, and some part of the Arab world.

Surname

• Abdulaziz al-Omari
  Abdulaziz al-Omari
  An airport security guard and Imam, Abdulaziz al-Omari was one of five hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11 as part of the September 11 attacks....
  
  , September 11 hijacker
• Abdul Rahman al-Omari, mistakenly named as a September 11 hijacker
• Chihab al-Umari, Damascene geographer
• Hajjar Al-Omari, The family in Medina
  Medina
  Medina , or ; also transliterated as Madinah, or madinat al-nabi "the city of the prophet") is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, and serves as the capital of the Al Madinah Province. It is the second holiest city in Islam, and the burial place of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, and...
  
  , Saudi Arabia