POLITICIAN

Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni

1907 - 1948

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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), 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni is the 10,003rd most popular politician (down from 5,630th in 2019), the 195th most popular biography from Israel (down from 147th in 2019) and the 78th most popular Israeli Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni ranks 10,003 out of 19,576. Before him are Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark, Osvaldo Cavandoli, Arik-den-ili, Richard de Bures, Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, and Muhammad I al-Mustansir. After him are Amalafrida, Anandyn Amar, Korbinian Brodmann, Otto, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Xie of Xia, and Franz Müntefering.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni ranks 143. Before him are John Anderson, Bo Gu, Max Pauly, Yves Allégret, Rudolf Peierls, and Ethel Smith. After him are Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Sergei Kruglov, Violette Leduc, Parvin E'tesami, Varian Fry, and Anthony Blunt. Among people deceased in 1948, Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni ranks 88. Before him are Unity Mitford, Harry Dexter White, Richard C. Tolman, Maximilian Grabner, Henri-Alexandre Deslandres, and John Anderson. After him are Harilal Gandhi, Thekla Resvoll, Tony Garnier, Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Na Hye-sok, and Princess Marie Louise of Hanover.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni ranks 195 out of 466. Before him are Uzi Narkiss (1925), Alexander of Judaea (-100), Arnon Milchan (1944), Amir Pnueli (1941), Dan Halutz (1948), and Rafael Eitan (1929). After him are Dani Karavan (1930), Meir Amit (1921), Yitzhak Hofi (1927), Amos Gitai (1950), Ilan Pappé (1954), and Yaakov Ziv (1931).

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Among POLITICIANS In Israel

Among politicians born in Israel, Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni ranks 78. Before him are Dalia Itzik (1952), Shulamit Aloni (1928), Rehavam Ze'evi (1926), Safra Catz (1961), Alexander of Judaea (-100), and Rafael Eitan (1929). After him are Meir Amit (1921), Gabi Ashkenazi (1954), Suha Arafat (1963), Mordechai Gur (1930), Itamar Ben-Gvir (1976), and Reuven Shiloah (1909).

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