Who is Fawzi Kabir from The Haj and what is their importance?

Fawzi Kabir was the landowner in Tabeh. He also owned much of the land in the Avalon valley, which he sold to the Jewish Land Trust. He collected rents from the tenants such as Ibrahim, every year. He was a relic from the Ottoman Empire days and used the title of Effendi. His family had been powerful in Palestine due to their service to the Turks. This is how they obtained so much land. Kabir lived in Damascus, where their family was based. The land in Palestine was subject to British taxes. He also had enemies in Palestine and was constantly besieged by the villagers wanting improvements made in their villages. He solved his problems by selling his lands to the Jewish Land Trust and changed his investments to things such as the harbor in Haifa and the King David Hotel.