Excellency Said Pasha al- Mufti دولة سعيد باشا المفتي Хьэбжьокъуэ Сайд |
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A photograph of Said Pasha
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16th Prime Minister of Jordan 4th Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan |
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In office 12 April 1950 – 4 December 1950 |
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Monarch | Abdullah I |
Preceded by | Tawfik Abu al-Huda |
Succeeded by | Samir al-Rifai |
21st Prime Minister of Jordan 9th Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan |
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In office 30 May 1955 – 15 December 1955 |
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Monarch | Hussein |
Preceded by | Tawfik Abu al-Huda |
Succeeded by | Hazza Al-Majali |
25th Prime Minister of Jordan 13th Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan |
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In office 22 May 1956 – 1 July 1956 |
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Monarch | Hussein |
Preceded by | Samir al-Rifai |
Succeeded by | Ibrahim Hashim |
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Born |
Amman, Ottoman Empire |
26 June 1898
Died | 25 March 1989 Amman, Jordan |
(aged 90)
Political party | Independent |
Residence | Jabal Amman |
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.
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