Sa`id al-Mufti

Who was Sa`id al-Mufti?

Said Pasha al- Mufti 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 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, serving in several governments as interior minister. 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