Saad al-Alami

Saad el-Din el-Alami
Grand Mufti of Jerusalem
In office
1952 – 6 February 1993
Preceded byHussam ad-Din Jarallah
Succeeded bySheikh Ekrima Sa'id Sabri
Personal details
Born1911
Jerusalem
Died6 February 1993
NationalityPalestinian
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Saad el-Din el-Alami (Arabic: سعد الدين العلمي;[1] 1911 – 6 February 1993) was a Sunni Muslim religious leader of the Palestinian people and the fourth Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, in office from 1952 until his death.[2][3]

Al-Alami was born in Jerusalem in 1911, and worked as a sharia judge in Ramallah from 1948–51 and in Nablus from 1951–53. The Alamis were a notable family in the Jerusalem area generally.[4] In 1952, the Jordanian Jerusalem Islamic Waqf appointed Saad al-Alami as Mufti of Jerusalem in succession to Hussam ad-Din Jarallah.

  1. ^ "Hawatmeh Mourns the Death of the Great Scientist Al-Sheikh Saad Al-Alami". The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive (PMDA). Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Obituary: Saad al-Alami". The Independent. 1993-02-10. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  3. ^ "Saad al-Alami Dead; Jerusalem Cleric, 82". The New York Times. 1993-02-07. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  4. ^ "Jerusalem". Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question – palquest. Retrieved 2023-10-30.