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Amin al-Husseini

1895 - 1974

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Mohammed Amin al-Husseini (Arabic: محمد أمين الحسيني; c. 1897 – 4 July 1974) was a Palestinian Arab nationalist and Muslim leader in Mandatory Palestine. Al-Husseini was the scion of the al-Husayni family of Jerusalemite Arab nobles, who trace their origins to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Husseini was born in Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire in 1897, he received education in Islamic, Ottoman, and Catholic schools. In 1912, he pursued Salafist religious studies in Cairo. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amin al-Husseini is the 487th most popular politician (up from 527th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Israel (up from 35th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Israeli Politician.

Amin al-husseini was the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the leader of the Arab Higher Committee, which was the main political body in Palestine. He is most famous for his role in the Arab Revolt against the British Mandate in Palestine.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Amin al-Husseini ranks 487 out of 19,576. Before him are Joachim Murat, Sigismund III Vasa, Matthias Corvinus, Kanishka, Scorpion II, and Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou. After him are Guy of Lusignan, Chagatai Khan, Michael I of Romania, Ertuğrul, Caesarion, and Frederick III, German Emperor.

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Among people born in 1895, Amin al-Husseini ranks 3. Before him are George VI, and Zog I of Albania. After him are Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Juan Perón, Buckminster Fuller, Carl Orff, Buster Keaton, Anna Freud, Ernst Jünger, and Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen. Among people deceased in 1974, Amin al-Husseini ranks 5. Before him are Charles Lindbergh, Oskar Schindler, Georgy Zhukov, and Georges Pompidou. After him are Juan Perón, Ayub Khan, Patrick Blackett, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, James Chadwick, Pär Lagerkvist, and Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr..

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Amin al-Husseini ranks 32 out of 466. Before him are Simon the Zealot (1), Ariel Sharon (1928), Yitzhak Rabin (1922), Mahmoud Abbas (1935), Amalric of Jerusalem (1136), and Salome (14). After him are Joachim (-100), Herod Antipas (-20), Baldwin V of Jerusalem (1177), Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem (1160), Bathsheba (-3500), and Moshe Dayan (1915).

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Among POLITICIANS In Israel

Among politicians born in Israel, Amin al-Husseini ranks 8. Before him are Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (1161), Benjamin Netanyahu (1949), Ariel Sharon (1928), Yitzhak Rabin (1922), Mahmoud Abbas (1935), and Amalric of Jerusalem (1136). After him are Herod Antipas (-20), Baldwin V of Jerusalem (1177), Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem (1160), Moshe Dayan (1915), Rehoboam (-972), and Jeroboam (-1000).

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