Salman al-Murshid (Arabic: سلمان المرشد; 1907 – 16 December 1946) Syrian religious figure who reunited the Ghassanid clan, that later was called al-Murshidiyen and their religion is called al-Murshidiyah religion Salman al-Murshid was born in the village of Jawbat Burghal, in the Latakia Sanjak.
His emerging power worried both local notable Alawite families and the French authorities, who arranged to have him and some of his followers sent to Raqqa in exile in the mid-1920s.
Hence, the Judge received a direct order from the president, Shukri al-Quwatli, to convict Salman by any means, and he was executed on 16 December 1946 in Marjeh Square in Damascus.
[3] The followers of al-Murshid later became known as Al-Murshidiyah (المرشدية) named after his second son Mujib Al-Murshid, who was killed by Abd Elhak Shihada (Arabic: عبد الحق شحادة)[citation needed], a military police commander, (by direct order from Adib Shishakli) on 27 November 1952.
The movement suffered another loss in 1998 with the passing of Saji al-Murshid, leaving the Murshidiyya community without a clear spiritual leader.