Abdul Qadir al-Husayni

Abdul Qadir al-Husayni
عبد القادر الحسيني
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Born1907 (1907)
Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
Died8 April 1948(1948-04-08) (aged 40–41)
Al-Qastal, Mandatory Palestine
Allegiance Palestinian Arab irregulars
Branch Army of the Holy War
Years of service1933–1948
Battles / wars
RelationsMusa 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), 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.