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Person · Mufti of Jerusalem from 1921; president of the Arab Higher Committee from 1936
1895–1974
Muhammad Amin al-Husseini was born in Jerusalem in 1895. He succeeded his brother Kamel as Mufti of Jerusalem in May 1921, and in January 1922 became president of the Supreme Moslem Council. In April 1936, after some hesitation, he presided over the Arab Higher Committee, which brought together the leaders of all the Palestinian parties and led the general strike of 1936 and the Great Revolt that followed. After rebels assassinated Lewis Andrews, the British district commissioner for Galilee, in September 1937, Britain dismissed him from the Supreme Moslem Council and moved to arrest the Arab Higher Committee; he took refuge in the Noble Sanctuary, then fled to Lebanon. From 1946 to 1948 he led the Palestinian national movement from Cairo, Beirut and Damascus. He died in Beirut on 4 July 1974.
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Haj Amin al-Husseini · Muhammad Amin al-Husseini
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.
Chaired the Arab Higher Committee, formed on 25 April 1936, which led the general strike and the revolt
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (biography by Walid Khalidi; the encyclopedia’s account of the revolt)
article · PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies
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PersonHajj Amin al-Husseini was born in PlaceJerusalem
Role: Born here: 1895, Jerusalem
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 1895, Jerusalem
Evidence version:palquest-amin-al-husseini-biography:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.
PersonHajj Amin al-Husseini participated in EventThe Great Revolt
Role: Chaired the Arab Higher Committee, formed on 25 April 1936, which led the general strike and the revolt
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (biography by Walid Khalidi; the encyclopedia’s account of the revolt).
Great Palestinian Rebellion, 1936-1939 ↗
PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · supports · section: “on 25 April the Arab Higher Committee (AHC) was formed, chaired by Haj Amin al-Husseini”
Evidence version:palquest-great-revolt:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.