Mohammed Tahir al-Husayni

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Mohammed Tahir Mustafa Tahir al-Husayni (alternatively transliterated al-Husseini) (1842–1908) was the first Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and was the father of Kamil al-Husayni and Mohammad Amin al-Husayni, both of whom also became the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem.

Born in Jerusalem to the al-Husayni clan, Tahir was appointed the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem in the 1860s by officials in the Ottoman Empire. The most notable actions taken during his tenure was his stopping of land sales to Jews in the Jerusalem area for a few years, beginning in 1897. When he died, his son Kamil became the Grand Mufti.

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  • Zvi Elpeleg (1992, David Harvey, trans.). The Grand Mufti : Haj Amin al-Hussaini, Founder of the Palestinian National Movement (London: Frank Cass) ISBN 0714634328

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Grand Muftis of Jerusalem
M.T. al-Husayni (1860s–1908) • K. al-Husayni (1908–1921)1 • M.A. al-Husayni (1921–1948) • Jarallah (1948–1954) • Ja'abari (1993–1994) • Sabri (1994–2006) • Hussein (2006– )
1. From 1914–1918, the Ottoman Empire claimed that As'ad Shuqeiri was the Grand Mufti. The British supported al-Husayni.