Farhan al-Sa'di

Farhan al-Saadi Al-Sa'di following his arrest by British Mandatory police , 1937. He was later executed. Sheikh Farhan al-Saadi (1856 – 22 November 1937) was born in the village al-Mazar near Jenin , Palestine . He participated in national conferences and demonstrations against the British Mandate of Palestine, and in the 1929 Palestine riots . He is thought to be the first to use a weapon during the 1936 revolt . 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. On 15 April 1936, a group called Ikhwan al-Qassam under al-Sa'di's leadership ambushed a bus on the Nablus-Tulkarm road. Three Jewish passengers were taken off the bus and shot, two of them fatally. This incident is seen as the starting point of the 1936–1939 Arab Revolt . He was executed on 22 November 1937, at the age of 80 during the Ramadan fast .

Farhan al-Saadi Al-Sa'di following his arrest by British Mandatory police , 1937. He was later executed. Sheikh Farhan al-Saadi (circa 1862 – 27 November 1937) was born in the village al-Mazar near Jenin , Palestine . 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 . 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. 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. This incident is seen as the starting point of the 1936–1939 Arab Revolt . He was executed on 27 November 1937, at the age of 75 during the Ramadan fast .

Palestinian rebel (c.1862–1937) Al-Sa'di following his arrest by British Mandatory police , 1937. He was later executed. 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 . 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. 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. This incident is seen as the starting point of the 1936–1939 Arab Revolt . He was executed on 27 November 1937, at the age of 75 during the Ramadan fast .