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, Ottoman Empire
Died	25 March 1989 Amman, Jordan
Political party	Independent
Residence	Jabal Amman
Profession	Government Employee
Religion	Sunni Islam

Said Pasha al- Mufti (1898 – 25 March 1989) ((Arabic: سعيد المفتي‎‎);(Adyghe: Хьэбжьокъуэ Сайд)) 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 four times during the period (14 April 1950 - 1 July 1956). 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 (1944-1945, 1948-1950, 1951-1953 and 1957). 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

See also

• List of Prime Ministers of Jordan

External links

• Prime Ministry of Jordan website

Political offices
Preceded by Tawfik Abu al-Huda	Prime Minister of Jordan 1950	Succeeded by Samir al-Rifai
Preceded by Tawfik Abu al-Huda	Prime Minister of Jordan 1955	Succeeded by Hazza' al-Majali
Preceded by Samir al-Rifai	Prime Minister of Jordan 1956	Succeeded by Ibrahim Hashem