1921 in Mandatory Palestine

1921 in British-administered Palestine
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See also: 1921 in the United Kingdom

Events in the year 1921 in the British Mandate of Palestine .

Incumbents

• High Commissioner – Sir Herbert Louis Samuel
• Emir of Transjordan – Abdullah I bin al-Hussein from 11 April
• Prime Minister of Transjordan – Rashid Tali’a from 11 April until 15 August; Mazhar Raslan

Events

March

• 12 March – Start of Cairo Conference which agrees that the administration of Transjordan should be separated from that of Palestine.

April

• 11 April – The establishment of the Emirate of Transjordan.

May

• 1-7 May – Jaffa riots: Riots in Jaffa result in the death of 47 Jews (including the author Yosef Haim Brenner) and 48 Arabs.

June

• 25 June – Fourth Palestine Arab Congress held in Jerusalem.

October

• October – The Haycraft Commission of Inquiry publishes its findings on the Jaffa riots of the previous year.

Unknown dates

• The founding of the Hebrew Writers Association in the Land of Israel by Hayim Nahman Bialik.
• The founding of the kibbutz Tel Yosef by members of Gdud HaAvoda, named after Joseph Trumpeldor.
• The founding of the kibbutz Ein Harod by pioneers of the Third Aliyah.
• The founding of the moshav Nahalal by pioneers of the Second Aliyah and Third Aliyah.
• The founding of the moshava Ir Ganim (Today Ramat Gan).

Notable births

• 1 January – Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American philosopher and scholar (died 1986) ^[1]
• 6 January – Haim Corfu, Israeli politician (died 2015)
• 16 January – Shmuel Toledano, Israeli politician and Mossad officer (died 2022)
• 17 January – Dan Tolkowsky, Israeli military officer, commander of the Israeli Air Force, and venture capitalist
• 17 January – Modi Alon, Israeli fighter pilot who commanded Israel's first fighter squadron, scored the first aerial victory of the Israeli Air Force (died 1948)
• 17 March – Meir Amit, Israeli politician, general, and intelligence officer (died 2009)
• 18 March – Joseph Tabenkin, Israeli military commander (died 1987)
• 21 March – Amin al-Majaj, Palestinian politician who served as mayor of Jerusalem.(died 1999) ^[2]
• 9 April – Yitzhak Navon, Fifth President of Israel (died 2015)
• 26 August – Shimshon Amitsur, Israeli mathematician (died 1994)
• 15 September – Moshe Shamir, Israeli author, playwright, opinion writer, and public figure (died 2004).
• 21 September – Yehoshafat Harkabi, Israeli military intelligence officer and Professor of International Relations (died 1994).
• 18 November – Baruch Ben Haim, Sephardic rabbi, Chief Rabbi of the Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn for 55 years (died 2005).
• 2 October – Yisrael Peled, Israeli politician, second Mayor of Ramat Gan (died 2016).

Full date unknown

• Burhan Dajani, Palestinian academic and economist. (died 2000) ^[3]
• Wajih Al Madani, Palestinian military commander. (died 1991) ^[4]
• Amos Hakham, Israeli Bible scholar (died 2012).

Notable deaths

• 31 March – Kamil al-Husayni, Palestinian religious leader and grand Mufti of Jerusalem.(Born 1867) ^[5]
• 2 May – Yosef Haim Brenner (born 1881), Russian-born Palestinian Jew. Hebrew-language author, one of the pioneers of modern Hebrew literature
• 5 May – Avshalom Gissin (born 1896), Zionist activist and Ottoman Army veteran killed defending Petah Tikva during the 1921 Palestine riots

References

1. عودة, سامح. "إسماعيل راجي الفاروقي.. مفكر في الغرب.. بأفكار الشرق". الجزيرة نت (in Arabic). Retrieved 24 July 2025.
2. "Obituary: Dr Amin Majaj". The Independent. 15 March 1999. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
3. "برهان الدجاني عَلَمٌ يخفق على عدة قمم". Institute for Palestine Studies. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
4. "الرواد - مركز المعلومات الوطني الفلسطيني". WAFA Info. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
5. Williams, Ann (1990). "The Mufti of Jerusalem: Al-Hajj Amin Al-Husayni and the Palestinian movement". International Affairs. 66 (1): 198–199. doi:10.2307/2622262. ISSN   1468-2346.