الأمير نسيب أرسلان

Prince Nasib ibn Hamud ibn Hasan Arslan (1867–1927 CE), a poet and writer from the Arslan princes, brother of Shakib and Adel ².

He was born in Beirut and was educated at Shuwayfat and then at the al-Hikma school in Beirut. He loved the poetry of the pre-Islamic Arabs and of the people of Hadramawt, and memorized much of it. He was composing poetry while still at school ².

He was appointed director of the district of Shuwayfat and served there for about ten years. Al-Zirikli describes him as having a good reputation. He later resigned and settled in Beirut ².

After the proclamation of the Ottoman constitution, he was elected president of the Beirut club of the Committee of Union and Progress. He later separated from the Unionists because of their conduct toward the Arabs, and joined the advocates of decentralization ².

He published his views in the Beirut newspaper «al-Mufid». According to al-Zirikli, his articles had a great effect on the Arab movement. His seat in the newspaper's office was a meeting place for writers and men of letters, and he signed his articles "Amil Hurr" ².