Faidi al-Alami explained
Faidi/Fidi/Fedi/Faydi Effendi[1] el/al-'Alami (1865[2] [3] or 1881[4] – 1924; Arabic: فيضي العلمي) was Mayor of Jerusalem from 1906 to 1909. Among his legacies was having helped improve the city and expand municipal services leading to an increase in construction of Christian institutions and Jewish neighborhoods outside of the Old City.
Career
Before serving as Mayor, al-Alami was a tax official for the district authority.[5] then a member of the judicial committee that worked with the qadi, and then he was appointed, in 1902, as district commissioner/director/officer of the Bethlehem subdistrict, thereafter serving in an elected role on the Jerusalem municipal council.
After serving as Mayor, he was appointed to the administrative council of Jerusalem. From 1914 to 1918, he was elected as one of three representatives of the sanjak of Jerusalem in the Ottoman Chamber of Deputies.[6]
He also compiled and published a concordance of the Qur'an.
Family background and personal life
His father was Musa 'Alami, who previously served as Jerusalem mayor, during the 1870s. He was married to Zuleikha al-Ansari, with whom he had two children: a son Musa/Mousa Bey (who was assistant attorney-general of Palestine under the British mandate[7]) and a daughter Na'mati/Nai'mati/Na'amite/Ni'mati (who married Jamal al-Husseini).[8]
For many years, Faidi al-Alami was the head of the 'Alami extended family, managing its extensive properties and endowments. The Alamis were among "the most prominent landowning families from Jerusalem."
Further reading
- Web site: A Medical Test of Faidi al-Alami, Jerusalem [0087.03.1612] ]. live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231201215042/https://palarchive.org/index.php/Detail/objects/230825/lang/en_US . 2023-12-01 . 2023-12-01 . The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive . ar:أرشيف المتحف الفلسطيني الرقمي . en . Found in the Musa al-Alami Collection, this document shows a medical-chemical report for Faidi al-Alami partially handwritten in Arabic, English, and Hebrew, and the rest was printed and issued by a Chemical Laboratory supervised by Dr S.Sabbath. . The Arab Development Society Collection.
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Department, photographer . 1870–1935 . Fedi Effendi el-Alami [Faidi al-Alami], Na'amite (daughter), Mousa Bey (son). LC-DIG-ppmsca-18411-00008 (digital file from original on page 12, no. 8) ]. 2023-12-01 . Studio portraits of members of the American Colony (Jerusalem), friends, and associates . Library of Congress . 2007675263.
- Web site: Palestinian Personalities: A: AL-ALAMI, FAIDI (1865-1924) . https://web.archive.org/web/20170523174017/http://www.passia.org/palestine_facts/personalities/alpha_a.htm#a29 . 2017-05-23 . The Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA).
- Web site: Cahoon . Ben . Jerusalem . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230307053553/https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Israel_Jerusalem.html . 7 March 2023 . 2023-12-01 . WorldStatesmen.org .
- Book: Benvenisti . City of Stone: The Hidden History of Jerusalem . 1996 . University of California Press . 0-520-20768-8 . 116–118 . 42417559 . 3263035W . Meron Benvenisti . EBSCOhost.
- Book: Fischbach, Michael R. . Encyclopedia of the Palestinians . 2005 . Infobase Publishing . 978-0-8160-6986-6 . Mattar . Philip . en . al-Alami (family; Jerusalem).
- Web site: 1 Dec 2023 . Musa Alami - Politicians (1897 - 1984) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230518125945/https://www.palquest.org/en/biography/29920/musa-alami . 2023-05-18 . 2023-12-01 . Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question – palquest . en.
- Web site: June 11, 2020 . Faidi al-Alami with his two children, Ni'mati and Musa, Jerusalem, c. 1907 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231201210501/https://www.facebook.com/BMJerusalemitesPhotoLib/photos/faidi-al-alami-with-his-two-children-nimati-and-musa-jerusalem-c-1907faidi-al-al/3912342648836417/ . 2023-12-01 . 2023-12-01 . British Mandate Jerusalemites Photo Library . Facebook.
- Web site: June 28, 2015 . Faidi al-Alami and his Family . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231201205103/https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.883269221743790.1073741904.654018151335566&type=3 . 2023-12-01 . 2023-12-01 . British Mandate Jerusalemites Photo Library . Facebook .