Birth: NULL/NULL/1853 Death:26/3/1934
Born in 1853; son of Salim Al-Husseini, brother of Hussein Al-Husseini and Haj Sharif Al-Husseini, and father of Farid, Sami, and Abdel Qader Al-Husseini (two older sons, Fuad and Rafiq, passed away); studied in Jerusalem and later in Istanbul where he graduated from the School of Administration; held several administrative positions in the Ottoman Empire, including Officer in the Ministry of Health, Qaimqam in Jaffa (1881), in Safad (1884), in Harim (in the state of Halab), Akkar, Ajloun, Acre, and Irbid; became administrator of Asir in Najd with the rank of ‘Mir Miran’, in Siirt (1899), Argnimadin (1904), Huran (1908), Al-Muntafiq (1910), Hassa (1911), and Huran (1913), and district Governor in Yemen (1908); then worked in Anatolia, Syria and Iraq; retired in 1914 on the eve of WWI; was one of four Palestinians on whom the Ottoman State bestowed the title of ‘Pasha’ while being alive (in addition to Abdul Salam Al-Husseini, Yousef Diya’ Eddin Al-Khalidi, and Aref Al-Dajani); was appointed Mayor of Jerusalem in January 1918 replacing his deceased brother Hussein Al-Husseini; led a delegation of Arabs who brought a petition to the British Military Governor for Jerusalem, Col. Ronald Storrs, protesting Zionist policy in November 1918; was removed as mayor by the British in April 1920 for opposing their pro-Zionist policies; became a leading figure in the Jerusalem branch of the Muslim-Christian Association (MCA) from 1919; led the Palestinian national movement from 1919 until his death; was leader and spokesperson of the opposition to the British Mandate; belonged to the pro-Husseini majlesiyoun faction; was elected representative of Jerusalem to the 3rd (13 December 1920, Haifa), 4th (May-June 1921, Jerusalem), 5th (August 1922, Nablus), 6th (June 1923, Jaffa) and 7th (June 1928) Congress of the Arab Executive Committee; led the demonstration protesting Zionist mass immigration in Jaffa on 27 October 1933, during which he was injured by British forces, which led to his death on 26 March 1934; was buried at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
