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page 3 of 4 Pan-Islamic conference in Al-Omariyah School, Jerusalem, Dec. 1931.

1 Shukri Al-Kuwatli, Damascus, Syria
2 Izzat Darwazah, Nablus, Palestine
7 The Grand Mufti of Palestine, Palestine, Haj Amin Al-Husseini
8 Mohammad Allouba Pasha of Egypt
9 An Afghani leader
10 Sheikh Abdul-Qader Al-Muthaffar, Jerusalem
12 Riyad Al-Soluh of Lebanon

Source: PASSIA archives		 The delegation to the Pan-Islamic conference in Jerusalem Dec.1931 - visit to Shounah, Jordan Valley.

1 The Grand Mufti of Palestine, Palestine, Haj Amin Al-Husseini
2 Prince Ali ibn Al-Hussein
3 Prince Abdullah ibn Al-Hussein

Source: PASSIA archives		 The Pan-Islamic Conference, Jerusalem, Dec. 1931.

Source: BTD  		 Meeting of one of the Palestinian National Conferences in Jerusalem in the early 1930s.

1 Ragheb Nashashibi
2 Musa Qassem Al-Husseini
3 The Grand Mufti of Palestine, Palestine, Haj Amin Al-Husseini
4 Awni Abdul-Hadi
5 Sulaiman Tuqan

Source: PASSIA archives		 Establishment of the National Fund to save Palestine in the early 1930s.

Second from left is Ahmad Hilmi Abdul Baqi. Fourth from right is Abdul Hamid Shoman, founder of the Arab Bank.

Source: PASSIA archives		 King Faisal of Iraq receiving a Palestinian delegation, Jerusalem, 1930s.

1 King Faisal of Iraq
2 The Grand Mufti of Palestine, Palestine, Haj Amin Al-Husseini
3 Ishaq Darwish
4 Prince Talal ibn Abdullah
5 Musa Qassem Al-Husseini
6 Yacoub Al-Ghussein
7 Ismail Al-Husseini

Source: PASSIA archives		 Arab and Jewish employees of the Jerusalem municipality, with the Arab mayor, 1930s.

Bottom row, 2nd from L is Ragheb Nashashibi.
Source: COS  		 The funeral cortège of King Faisal of Iraq passing through Haifa, 1933. The king had died on a visit to Europe, and his body was en route to Iraq.

Source: BTD  		 Arab Medical Conference (YMCA, Jerusalem, 1933), attended by physicians from various Arab countries. Center, front row: British high commissioner, Arthur Wauchope. To his right: Ali Ibrahim Pasha, Ragheb Nashashibi. 4th right, front row: Izzat Tannous.

Source: BTD  		 Aftermath of a Palestinian demonstration protesting Zionist mass immigration, New Gate, Jerusalem, 1933.

Source: BTD  		 Jerusalem courtroom during the trial of leaders accused of organizing the Oct. 1933 demonstration. LTR: Jamal Al-Husseini, Edmund Rock (seated), and Sheikh Abdul Qader Al-Muthaffar. All signed bail against good behavior except Muthaffar, who preferred six months in jail.

Source: PTS		 The visit of the British Princess to Al-Aqsa Mosque in the 1930s.

1 The Grand Mufti of Palestine, Palestine, Haj Amin Al-Husseini
2 -
3 Amin Abdul-Hadi
4 Amin Al-Tamimi
5 Sheikh Ansari
6 The Queen's Aunt, Princess Mary
7 British Lord, accompanying the Princess
8 Ruhi Abdul-Hadi

Source: PASSIA archives		 The two Hashemite brothers visiting Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock in the 1930s.

1 King Faisal of Iraq
2 Prince Abdullah ibn Al-Hussein

Source: PASSIA archives		 Head and some members of the Arab Higher Committee in the 1930s.

1 The Grand Mufti of Palestine, Palestine, Haj Amin Al-Husseini
2 Musa Qassem Al-Husseini
3 Ragheb Nashashibi
4 Awni Abdul-Hadi
5 Jamal Al-Husseini
6 -
7 Secretary of the Palestinian delegation to London

PASSIA archives		 Residents of Abu Ghosh, a village west of Jerusalem, taking the oath of allegiance to the Arab Higher Committee, April 1936.

Source: BTD  
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Legend for external sources and captions:

BTD: Before Their Diaspora, Institute for Palestine Studies, 1984.

COS: City of Stone, University of California Press, 1996.

PTS: Palestinians and their Society, Quartet, 1980.






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