Salim Effendi al-Husayni (unknown birth–1908) was Mayor of Jerusalem from 1882 to 1897. Hussein al-Husayni

Hussein al-Husayni

Hussein Bey al-Husayni was mayor of Jerusalem from 1909 to 1917 during Ottoman rule of Palestine.Born into the prominent Jerusalemite Arab family of al-Husayni, his father Salim al-Husayni, had also served as mayor of the city....

 and Mousa Kazim al-Husayni

Musa al-Husayni

Musa Kazim al-Husayni was nominated to several senior posts in the Ottoman administration. He belongs to the prominent al-Husayni family of northeastern Jerusalem...

, later mayors of the city, were his sons. He was a member of the Jerusalem Council and belongs to the prominent al-Husayni

Al-Husayni

Husayni is the name of a prominent Palestinian Arab clan formerly based in Jerusalem. Several members of the clan held important political positions such as Mayor and Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and founded and led many Palestinian Arab Islamist groups such as the Holy War Army, the Palestine Arab...

 clan of Jerusalem. He built a palace in the city, which later developed into the Dar al-Tifl Institution. Al-Husayni died in 1908 and is buried in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah

Sheikh Jarrah

Sheikh Jarrah is a predominantly Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem on the road to Mount Scopus.-History:Sheikh Jarrah was established on the slopes of Mount Scopus, taking its name from the tomb of Sheikh Jarrah. The tomb, dated to 1201, is the burial place of Husam al-Din al-Jarrahi, an...

, near the American Colony Hotel

American Colony Hotel

The American Colony Hotel is a luxury hotel located in a historic building in Jerusalem which previously housed the utopian American-Swedish community known as the American Colony.-History:...

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