Faidi al-Alami

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Faidi al-Alami
فيضي العلمي
Musa Kazim al-Husayni
Succeeded byHussein al-Husayni
Representative of Jerusalem in Ottoman Parliament
In office
1914–?
Personal details
NationalityPalestinian
Children
Musa al-Alami
(father)

Faidi/Fidi/Fedi/Faydi Effendi

Arabic: فيضي العلمي) was Mayor of Jerusalem from 1906 to 1909.[2] Among his legacies was having helped improve the city and expand municipal services leading to an increase in construction of Christian institutions and Jewish neighborhoods outside of the Old City.[4]

Career

Before serving as Mayor, al-Alami was a tax official for the district authority.[2][5][4] then a member of the judicial committee that worked with the qadi,[4] and then he was appointed, in 1902, as district commissioner/director/officer of the Bethlehem subdistrict,[2][4][6] thereafter serving in an elected role on the Jerusalem municipal council.[4]

After serving as Mayor, he was appointed to the administrative council of Jerusalem.[2][4] From 1914 to 1918, he was elected as one of three representatives of the sanjak of Jerusalem in the Ottoman Chamber of Deputies.[2][4][6][5]

He also compiled and published a concordance of the Qur'an.[2][4]

Family background and personal life

His father was

attorney-general of Palestine under the British mandate[7]) and a daughter Na'mati/Nai'mati/Na'amite/Ni'mati[1] (who married Jamal al-Husseini[7]).[6][8]

For many years, Faidi al-Alami was the head of the 'Alami extended family, managing its extensive properties and endowments.[4] The Alamis were among "the most prominent landowning families from Jerusalem."[5]

References

  1. ^ . Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Palestinian Personalities: A: AL-ALAMI, FAIDI (1865-1924)". The Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA). Archived from the original on 23 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b Cahoon, Ben. "Jerusalem". WorldStatesmen.org. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  4. ^ – via EBSCOhost.
  5. ^ .
  6. ^ a b c "Musa Alami - Politicians (1897 - 1984)". Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question – palquest. 1 December 2023. Archived from the original on 18 May 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Faidi al-Alami with his two children, Ni'mati and Musa, Jerusalem, c. 1907". British Mandate Jerusalemites Photo Library. 11 June 2020. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023 – via Facebook.
  8. ^ "Faidi al-Alami and his Family". British Mandate Jerusalemites Photo Library. 28 June 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023 – via Facebook.

Further reading

  • "A Medical Test of Faidi al-Alami, Jerusalem [0087.03.1612]". The Arab Development Society Collection. The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive أرشيف المتحف الفلسطيني الرقمي. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023. Found in the Musa al-Alami Collection, this document shows a medical-chemical report for Faidi al-Alami partially handwritten in Arabic, English, and Hebrew, and the rest was printed and issued by a Chemical Laboratory supervised by Dr S.Sabbath.

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