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Person · Founder of the Arab Bank
1888–1974
Born in Beit Hanina, in the Jerusalem district, in 1888, he left school to work in the stone quarries, emigrated to the United States in 1911, and built a clothing factory in New York. Returning to Palestine in 1929, he founded the Arab Bank, registered on 21 May 1930 and named, he said, not for himself, his village or Palestine, but for the Arab nation. On 22 April 1936 he joined in a proclamation of Jerusalem notables supporting the continuation of the revolt, and that July the British interned him at Sarafand. He died at Karlovy Vary on 9 September 1974.
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الثورة الفلسطينية الكبرى
Wider context · timing qualified
A nationwide Palestinian uprising against British rule, from April 1936 to the late summer of 1939: a six-month general strike, then an armed revolt, which Britain put down by force.
Joined the Jerusalem notables’ proclamation of 22 April 1936; interned by the British at Sarafand
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question, biography)
article · PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies
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PersonAbd al-Hamid Shuman was born in PlaceBeit Hanina
Role: Born here: 1888, Beit Hanina
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question, biography).
PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · supports · section: The biography’s header: born 1888, Beit Hanina
Evidence version:palquest-abd-al-hamid-shuman-biography:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.
PersonAbd al-Hamid Shuman participated in EventThe Great Revolt
Role: Joined the Jerusalem notables’ proclamation of 22 April 1936; interned by the British at Sarafand
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question, biography).
PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · supports · section: “On 22 April 1936, he joined Awni Abd al-Hadi, Muhammad Izzat Darwaza, and Ajjaj Nuwaihid in issuing a proclamation in the name of Jerusalem notables supporting the continuation of the Great Palestinian Rebellion against British policy.”
Evidence version:palquest-abd-al-hamid-shuman-biography:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.