Sa`id al-Mufti

Excellency
Said Pasha al- Mufti
دولة سعيد باشا المفتي
Хьэбжьокъуэ Сайд
A photograph of Said Pasha
1st time Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
In office
12 April 1950 – 4 December 1950
Monarch Abdullah I
Preceded by Tawfik Abu al-Huda
Succeeded by Samir al-Rifai
2nd time Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
In office
30 May 1955 – 15 December 1955
Monarch Hussein
Preceded by Tawfik Abu al-Huda
Succeeded by Hazza Al-Majali
3rd time Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
In office
22 May 1956 – 1 July 1956
Monarch Hussein
Preceded by Samir al-Rifai
Succeeded by Ibrahim Hashim
Personal details
Born 1898
Amman, Jordan
Died 1989
Amman, Jordan
Political party Independent
Residence Jabal Amman
Profession Government Employee
Religion Sunni Islam

Said Pasha al- Mufti (1898–1989) ((Arabic: سعيد المفتي‎);(Adyghe: Хьэбжьокъуэ Сайд)) was 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 three times. 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.

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[1]

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