Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim
رشيد الحاج إبراهيم
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Personal details
Born1889 or 1891
Haifa, Ottoman Empire
Died1953
Amman, Jordan
NationalityPalestinian
Political partyal-Istiqlal
OccupationHead of Haifa's Trade Office (1913-30)
Head of Arab Bank in Haifa (1931-47)
al-Istiqlal Leadership Committee member (1932-48)
National Committee of Haifa (1947-48)

Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim (Arabic: رشيد الحاج إبراهيم) (1889–1953) was a Palestinian Arab banker and a leader of the Independence Party of Palestine (al-Istiqlal). He was one of the most influential Arab leaders of Haifa in the first half of the 20th century and played a leading role in both the 1936–39 Arab revolt and the 1948 Battle of Haifa.


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