Hussam al-Din Jarallah (Arabic: حسام الدين جار الله; 1884 – 6 March 1954) was a Sunni Muslim leader of the Palestinian people during the British Mandate of Palestine and was the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem from 1948 until his death.[citation needed]
Hussam al-Din Jarallah | |
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| حسام الدين جار الله | |
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| Grand Mufti of Jerusalem | |
| In office 1948 – 6 March 1954 | |
| Preceded by | Amin al-Husayni |
| Succeeded by | Saad al-Alami |
| Chief Qadi and Inspector of the Muslim Religious Courts in Palestine | |
| In office ?–? | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1884 Jerusalem |
| Died | 6 March 1954 |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Education | al-Azhar University |
| Occupation | Religious leader, politician |
Jarallah was born in Jerusalem and was educated at the al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt. He was a leading member of the Supreme Muslim Council during the British Mandate of Palestine. Politically, he was an ally of the Nashashibis and a rival of the al-Husaynis. When Kamil al-Husayni died in 1921, Jarallah had significant support from the ulema in Jerusalem to succeed al-Husayni as Grand Mufti. Indeed, he won the most votes in the election for the post. However, the British High Commissioner Herbert Samuel convinced Jarallah to withdraw, thus allowing al-Husayni's brother Amin to qualify as a candidate, whom Samuel then appointed Grand Mufti of Jerusalem[1] As a consolation, the British appointed Jarallah as the chief qadi and inspector of the Muslim religious courts in Palestine.
After the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Transjordan (now Jordan) occupied the West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Old City, an act opposed by the exiled Grand Mufti. On 20 December 1948, King Abdullah I named Jarallah Mufti in place of al-Husayni.[2]
Notes
edit- ^ Martin Sicker, Pangs of the Messiah: The Troubled Birth of the Jewish State (Praeger 2000) p. 32f.
- ^ Nevo, J. (15 November 1996). King Abdallah and Palestine: A Territorial Ambition. Springer. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-230-37883-4.
References
edit- Zvi Elpeleg (1992, David Harvey, trans.). The Grand Mufti : Haj Amin al-Hussaini, Founder of the Palestinian National Movement (London: Frank Cass) ISBN 0-7146-3432-8