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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Leading Gaza notable; grain exporter; Gaza delegate to the 1st Palestinian Arab Congress, held in Jerusalem, 1919; stood for Palestinian independence; member of the Supreme Muslim Council, highest body in charge of Muslim community affairs, in the 1920s; representative of Southern Palestine/Gaza in the Supreme Muslim Council in 1922-1929; representative of the Jerusalem sanjak (autonomous district); represented Gaza at the 1st, 4th and 5th Palestinian National Congress held in 1919, 1920 and 1922; mayor of Gaza; died in October 1930.
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