Arab Higher Committee - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Arab Higher Committee - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Pappe, Ilan

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1060651
Doc. NO	:	ALei1048
Main Entry	:	Pappe, Ilan
Title & Author	:	Arab Higher Committee - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Pappe, Ilan
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(543 words)
Abstract	:	The Arab Higher Committee (AHC), or al-Lajna al-ʿArabiyya al-ʿUlyā, was a representative body in Palestine under the British Mandate (1918–48). The Grand Muftī of Jerusalem, Ḥājj Amīn al-Ḥusaynī (d. 1974), established the committee in 1937 so as to give a voice to various sections of society in the national struggle. It was dissolved and re-convened a few times before it finally ceased to exist in 1948. During its short existence it was the principal representative body of the Palestinian community and the most important
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei1048.pdf