Hussam al-Din Jarallah
حسام الدين جار الله
Grand Mufti of Jerusalem
In office
1948 – 6 March 1954
Preceded byAmin al-Husayni
Succeeded byMuhammad Ahmad Hussein
Chief Qadi and Inspector of the Muslim Religious Courts in Palestine
In office
?–?
Personal details
Born1884
Jerusalem
Died6 March 1954
NationalityPalestinian
Educational-Azhar University
OccupationReligious leader, politician

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.

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

  1. ↑ Martin Sicker, Pangs of the Messiah: The Troubled Birth of the Jewish State (Praeger 2000) p. 32f.
  2. ↑ Nevo, J. (15 November 1996). King Abdallah and Palestine: A Territorial Ambition. Springer. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-230-37883-4.

References

  • 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
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