Farhan al-Sa'di

Sheikh Farhan al-Saadi (circa 1862 – 27 November 1937) was born in the village al-Mazar near Jenin, Palestine, Ottoman Empire. He participated in national conferences and demonstrations against the British Mandate of Palestine, and in the 1929 Palestine riots. He is thought to have been the first to use a weapon during the 1936 revolt.[1]

Farhan al-Saadi
Born1862
al-Mazar, Ottoman Empire
Died27 November 1937 (aged 75)
Acre Prison, Acre, Mandatory Palestine
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Known for1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine
Al-Sa'di following his arrest by British Mandatory police, 1937. He was later executed.

Sa'adi was at one point imprisoned by the British authorities. When he was released from prison, he moved to Haifa where he met Sheikh Izz al-Din al-Qassam and joined his organisation.[2] On 15 April 1936, a group called Ikhwan al-Qassam under al-Sa'di's leadership ambushed a bus on the Nablus-Tulkarm road. Two Jewish passengers were taken off the bus and fatally shot.[3] This incident is seen as the starting point of the 1936–1939 Arab Revolt. For the many operations against the British, he was sentenced to death for illegally possessing a firearm.[4] Sa'adi was executed on 27 November 1937, at the age of 75 during the Ramadan fast.[1][5]

References
  1. "Documents, Correspondence & Photos - Image 133/316". Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  2. Kimmerling, Baruch; Migdal, Joel S. (2003). The Palestinian People: A History. Harvard University Press. pp. 119. ISBN 9780674011298.
  3. Lachman, Shai (1982) Arab Rebellion and Terrorism in Palestine 1929-1939: The Case of Sheikh Izz al-Din Al-Qassam and his Movement. From Zionism and Arabism in Palestine and Israel edited by Elie Kedourie and Sylvia G. Haim. Frank Cass. ISBN 0-7146-3169-8. p.78
  4. "Article clipped from Lansing State Journal". Lansing State Journal. 27 November 1937. p. 3. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  5. Jabārah, Taysīr (1985). Palestinian Leader Hajj Amin Al-Husayni. Kingston Press. p. 169.


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