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Person · Commander of the Army of the Holy War
1908–1948
Born in Istanbul in 1908, the son of Musa Kazim al-Husseini, he was expelled from Egypt in 1932 for denouncing the American University in Cairo, at his graduation, as a tool of imperialism. He was a founder of the Holy War Organisation in the Jerusalem district in 1936, and was wounded and arrested by the British at the battle of al-Khadr that October. After the UN partition resolution he re-formed the Army of the Holy War and commanded it; he was killed at al-Qastal on 8 April 1948.
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النكبة
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From the partition vote of November 1947 to the beginning of 1949, three-quarters of a million Palestinians were driven from their cities, towns and villages. More than four hundred villages and towns were destroyed and emptied, some 13,000 people were killed, and Israel came to hold about 77 percent of Mandate Palestine.
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.
A founder of the Holy War Organisation in the Jerusalem district; wounded and arrested at the battle of al-Khadr, October 1936
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question, biography)
Commanded the Army of the Holy War; killed at al-Qastal, 8 April 1948
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-Qadir al-Husseini participated in EventThe Great Revolt
Role: A founder of the Holy War Organisation in the Jerusalem district; wounded and arrested at the battle of al-Khadr, October 1936
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question, biography).
PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · supports · section: “In early October 1936, the British army arrested Husseini who was wounded in al-Khudr battle in the Bethlehem district”
Evidence version:palquest-abd-al-qadir-al-husseini-biography:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.
PersonAbd al-Qadir al-Husseini participated in EventThe Nakba
Role: Commanded the Army of the Holy War; killed at al-Qastal, 8 April 1948
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question, biography).
PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · supports · section: “When the Arab Higher Committee announced the jihad following the UN Partition Resolution, Husseini reformed the Army of the Holy War… and was chosen to command them.”
Evidence version:palquest-abd-al-qadir-al-husseini-biography:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.