Farhan al-Sa'di

{{Short description|Palestinian rebel (c.1862–1937)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2013}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Farhan al-Saadi

| image = Farhan al-Saadi.jpg

| birth_date = 1862

| birth_place = al-Mazar, Ottoman Empire

| death_date = 27 November 1937 (aged 75)

| death_place = Acre Prison, Acre, Mandatory Palestine

| death_cause = Execution by hanging

| known_for = 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine

}}

File:Farhan Sa'di arrested by British.jpg, 1937. He was later executed.]]

Sheikh Farhan al-Saadi (circa 1862 – 27 November 1937) was a Palestinian rebel commander and revolutionary who rose to prominence during the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. He participated in national conferences and demonstrations against the British Mandate of Palestine in the 1929 Palestine riots. He is thought to have been the first to use a weapon during the revolt.{{cite web | url=http://www.eltaher.org/docs_photos/1937-Sheikh-Farhan-Al-Saadi-01-image707_en.html | title=Documents, Correspondence & Photos - Image 133/316 | accessdate=14 December 2013 | archive-date=23 April 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423034200/http://www.eltaher.org/docs_photos/1937-Sheikh-Farhan-Al-Saadi-01-image707_en.html | url-status=dead }}

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.{{cite book | title=The Palestinian People: A History | publisher=Harvard University Press | author1=Kimmerling, Baruch | author2=Migdal, Joel S. | year=2003 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780674011298/page/119 119] | isbn=9780674011298 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780674011298/page/119 }} 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.Lachman, Shai (1982) Arab Rebellion and Terrorism in Palestine 1929-1939: The Case of Sheikh Izz al-Din Al-Qassam and his Movement. From Zionism and Arabism in Palestine and Israel edited by Elie Kedourie and Sylvia G. Haim. Frank Cass. {{ISBN|0-7146-3169-8}}. p.78 This incident is seen as the starting point of the 1936–1939 Arab Revolt. For the many operations against the British, he was sentenced to death for carrying a single bullet. {{Cite news |date=1937-11-27 |title=Article clipped from Lansing State Journal |pages=3 |work=Lansing State Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lansing-state-journal/68161369/ |access-date=2023-10-12}} Sa'adi was executed on 27 November 1937, at the age of 75 during the Ramadan fast.{{cite book | title= Palestinian Leader Hajj Amin Al-Husayni | publisher= Kingston Press | author=Jabārah, Taysīr | year=1985 | pages=169}}