Abdul Qadir al-Husayni

Abdul Qadir al-Husayni
عبد القادر الحسيني
Abdul Qadir al-Husayni; عبد القادر الحسيني
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Born	1907; Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
Died	8 April 1948 (aged 40–41); Al-Qastal, Mandatory Palestine
Allegiance	Palestinian Arab irregulars
Service / branch	Army of the Holy War
Years of service	1933–1948
Battles / wars	Arab revolt in Palestine; Second World War Middle Eastern theatre Anglo-Iraqi War; ; ; 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine Battle of al-Qastal; ;
Relations	Musa al-Husayni (father); Faisal Husseini (son)

Abdul Qadir al-Husayni (Arabic: عبد القادر الحسيني, romanized: ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Ḥusaynī; 1907 – 8 April 1948) was a Palestinian revolutionary and Arab nationalist guerrilla military leader. In late 1933, he founded the secret militant group known as the Organization for Holy Struggle (Munathamat al-Jihad al-Muqaddas),^[1]^[2] which he and Hasan Salama commanded as the Army of the Holy War (Jaysh al-Jihad al-Muqaddas) during the 1936–1939 Arab revolt and the 1948 war.

^ Swedenburg, 1999, p. 150
^ Sayigh, 2000, p. 35

[1] Swedenburg, 1999, p. 150

[2] Sayigh, 2000, p. 35

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Abdul Qadir al-Husayni عبد القادر الحسيني
Portrait
Born	1907 (1907) Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
Died	8 April 1948(1948-04-08) (aged 40–41) Al-Qastal, Mandatory Palestine
Allegiance	Palestinian Arab irregulars
Service / branch	Army of the Holy War
Years of service	1933–1948
Battles / wars	Arab revolt in Palestine Second World War Middle Eastern theatre Anglo-Iraqi War 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine Battle of al-Qastal
Relations	Musa al-Husayni (father) Faisal Husseini (son)

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