Abdul Muhammad al-Siddiqui

In this Deltinian name, the first or paternal surname is al-Siddiqui and the second or maternal family name is al-Abdelrahman.

Adelantado Colonel Abdul Muhammad al-Siddiqui
عبد محمد الصديقي
Al-Siddiqui in March 1913.
Captain General of Abdan
In office 31 December 1917 – 32 December 1922
Monarch	Adolfo IV
Preceded by	Víctor Aguirre Quesada
Succeeded by	Carlos León Debayle
Personal details
Born	Abdul Muhammad Azzaam al-Siddiqui al-Abdelrahman 5 March 1888 Escobar, Abdan, Creeperopolis
Died	2 July 1937(1937-07-02) (aged 49) Yusjaras, Helam, Creeperopolis
Cause of death	Execution by hanging
Citizenship	Creeperopolis
Nationality	Deltinian
Political party	National Liberal (until 1928) Independent (1928–1931) National Conservative (from 1931)
Spouse(s)	Naseema al-Hallal (m. 1912; his death 1937)
Children	2
Alma mater	San Salvador Imperial Military Academy University of Adolfosburg
Occupation	Military officer, politician
Known for	Collaborating with the Imperial Council
Military service
Allegiance	Creeperopolis (1906–1913) Imperial Council (1933–1937)
Branch/service	Creeperian Army
Years of service	1906–1913, 1933–1937
Rank	Colonel
Battles/wars	Creeperian Civil War 1937 Deltinian Rebellion

Abdul Muhammad Azzaam al-Siddiqui al-Abdelrahman (Arabic: عبد محمد عزام الصديقي العبد الرحمن;‎ 5 March 1888 – 2 July 1937) was a Deltinian-born Creeperian military officer and politician notable for his support for and collaboration with the Catholic Imperial Restoration Council during the Creeperian Civil War. He served as the Captain General of Abdan between 1917 and 1922 and later became a Colonel in the Romerist Army, the highest rank within the Creeperian Army which an ethnic Deltinian has ever attained.

Early life

Abdul Muhammad Azzaam al-Siddiqui al-Abdelrahman was born on 5 March 1888 in Escobar, Abdan, Creeperopolis. His father was Abdul Jabbaar al-Siddiqui and his mother was Fikra al-Abdelrahman. He was born into poverty and faced discrimination because of his ethnicity and religion from the majority Creeperian population. In 1895 when he was seven years old, his father was lynched by a Creeperian mob in the town center of Escobar because he was accused of the murder of a Creeperian woman despite there being no evidence to connect him to the crime.

After his father's murder, he, his mother, and his two younger sisters fled the city for Villanueva where they had some family living. There, al-Siddiqui gained an employment opportunity as a farm laborer for José Valdéz Castro, a retired Colonel of the Creeperian Army. Because of his labor, Valdéz Castro recommended to him that he should join the Creeperian Army as an officer. With Valdéz Castro's vouching, al-Siddiqui was enrolled in the San Salvador Imperial Military Academy in 1906 at the age of seventeen.

Early military career

Al-Siddiqui was bestowed the rank of Lieutenant upon his enrollment in the military academy. There, he studied military tactics and history, and despite being discriminated against by many of his peers, he graduated towards the top of his class. In September 1910, he graduated and was promoted to the rank of Captain.

He began active service in the 48th Infantry Brigade which was stationed in Zapatista. Much of his career in the military was uneventful, as the only actions he performed on duty involved going on military patrols in southern Zapatista's major towns and cities and dispersing any paramilitary fighting between the Falange Creeperiano and the Atheist Red Army. In September 1913, al-Siddiqui retired from army service, and upon his retirement, he was promoted to the rank of Major for his service.

Political career

1917 election

After he left the army, al-Siddiqui enrolled in the University of Adolfosburg in late-1913. There, he studied law and philosophy, graduating in mid-1917. In 1916, he had joined the center-left National Liberal Party (PLN). In August 1917, he declared his candidacy for Captain General of Abdan, challenging incumbent Captain General Víctor Aguirre Quesada of the center-right National Conservative Party (PCN). He was also running against Carlos León Debayle, the candidate of the right-wing Catholic Royalist Party (PRC), and Roberto Santín Molina, the candidate of the far-left Creeperian Social Communist Party (PCSC). The Creeperian Socialist Party (PSC) did not run a candidate and instead supported al-Siddiqui and the PLN.

In a shocking upset at the time, al-Siddiqui defeated Aguirre Quesada with 43 percent of the vote, compared to his 29 percent, as León Debayle had taken away a significant amount of votes, spoiling the result. León Debayle denounced the results of the election, stating that a Deltinian should not be allowed to hold any office in the Creeperian government and calling al-Siddiqui various anti-Deltinian racial slurs. Aguirre Quesada, on the other hand, could not accept the results of the election, hanged himself in his office on 3 December 1917, leaving the position vacant for the remainder of his term.

Captain General of Abdan

Al-Siddiqui assumed office on 31 December 1917. His election was met with some uncertainty by many left-leaning voters in the department of Abdan, as the last time that a Deltinian, Badri al-Morad was elected to a government position in the department in 1620, a large scale race riot ensued which resulted in the lynching of al-Morad in the capital, San Pablo. The race riot killed over 1,400 Deltinians and required the intervention of the Creeperian Army to stop the violence. Despite the previous precedent, no widespread violence against Deltinians occurred during al-Siddiqui's first few months in office, however, low-scale violence was ever present against Deltinians.

Personal life

Al-Siddiqui married Naseema Zubaida al-Hallal al-Sharaf in 1912. They had two children: Abdul Quddoos Misfar al-Siddiqui al-Hallal (1915–1941) and Mariaan Faraah al-Siddiqui al-Hallal (1918–1960).

Military rank history

• Lieutenant; January 1906
• Captain; September 1910
• Major; September 1913
• Lieutenant Colonel; September 1933
• Colonel; September 1936

Electoral history

1917 Abdaner captaincy election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal Party	Abdul Muhammad al-Siddiqui	914,797	43.12	+21.42
	National Conservative Party	Víctor Aguirre Quesada (incumbent)	624,786	29.45	–18.23
	Catholic Royalist Party	Carlos León Debayle	267,099	12.59	+2.39
	Creeperian Social Communist Party	Roberto Santín Molina	22,912	1.08	–5.58
	National Liberal Party gain from National Conservative Party

See also

• List of Deltinians who collaborated with the Imperial Council

Political offices
Preceded by Víctor Aguirre Quesada	Captain General of Abdan 1917–1922	Succeeded by Carlos León Debayle