Sa`id Al-Mufti

Excellency Said Pasha al- Mufti دولة سعيد باشا المفتي Хьэбжьокъуэ Сайд
A photograph of Said Pasha
9th Prime Minister of Jordan
In office 12 April 1950 – 4 December 1950
Monarch	Abdullah I
Preceded by	Tawfik Abu al-Huda
Succeeded by	Samir al-Rifai
In office 30 May 1955 – 15 December 1955
Monarch	Hussein
Preceded by	Tawfik Abu al-Huda
Succeeded by	Hazza Al-Majali
In office 22 May 1956 – 1 July 1956
Monarch	Hussein
Preceded by	Samir al-Rifai
Succeeded by	Ibrahim Hashim
Personal details
Born	(1898-06-26)26 June 1898 Amman, Ottoman Empire
Died	25 March 1989(1989-03-25) (aged 90) Amman, Jordan
Political party	Independent
Residence	Jabal Aman
Profession	Government Employee

Said Pasha al- Mufti (26 June 1898 – 25 March 1989) (Arabic: سعيد المفتي‎);(Adyghe: Хьэбжьокъуэ Сайд)) was the Prime Minister of Jordan and a Jordanian political figure of Circassian origin. Said Pasha received Emir Abdullah with a few Jordanian Sheikhs, when he came to Jordan and was leading the Great Arab Revolt against the Ottoman rule.

Al-Mufti served as the Prime Minister of Jordan for 3 times during the period (14 April 1950 - 1 July 1956). Al-Mufti inhabited a house on Jabal Amman which was an area for the Elites in Amman; His house became known for its architecture and was later dubbed the Al-Mufti House.

Al-Mufti was an Independent politician, serving in several governments as interior minister (1944-1945, 1948-1950, 1951-1953 and 1957). He also served President of the Senate of Jordan after 1963.^[1]

On his honor a main street in the Capital of Amman in Al-Sweifieh was named "Sa`eed al-Mufti Street", where the Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina located^[2]

Honour

See also

• List of Prime Ministers of Jordan

References

External links

• Prime Ministry of Jordan website