Saad al-Alami

Grand Mufti of Jerusalem (1952–1993)

Saad el-Din el-Alami

Grand Mufti of Jerusalem
In office 1952 – 6 February 1993
Preceded by	Hussam ad-Din Jarallah
Succeeded by	Sheikh Ekrima Sa'id Sabri

Personal details
Born	1911 Jerusalem
Died	6 February 1993
Nationality	Palestinian

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.

References

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