As'ad al-Shuqairi

أسعد الشقيري

1860 CE · 1276 AH† – February 1940 CE · Muharram 1359 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Acre

Palestinian scholar and politician from Acre (1860–1940). Trained at al-Azhar, he served in the Ottoman sharia judiciary, sat for Acre in the Ottoman parliament, was appointed mufti of the Fourth Ottoman Army in the First World War, and led the Palestinian opposition to the Supreme Muslim Council under the Mandate; he was the father of Ahmad Shukeiri, the PLO's first chairman.