The Abd al-Hadi Palace or Qasr Abd al-Hadi ( ar, قصر عبد الهادي) is a large palace located in the Qaryun quarter of the Old City of

Nablus Nablus ( ; ar, نابلس, Nābulus ; he, שכם, Šəḵem, ISO 259-3: ; Samaritan Hebrew: , romanized: ; el, Νεάπολις, Νeápolis) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank, located approximately north of Jerusalem, with a populati ...

. It was built in the 19th century as a residence for the dominant Abd al-Hadi clan of the District of Nablus. It consists of three floors, arches, winding staircases, hidden courtyards, gardens, balconies, and built mainly of white

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. The building was designed by Mahmud ´Abd al-Hadi himself, who was the governor at the time. To Mary Rogers, the sister of the British vice-consul in

Haifa Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...

, it seemed at the start of 1860s as

"the handsomest dwelling-house I had seen in
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. It is built of well-hewn fine limestone, and enriched with marble pavements, columns, and arches."Rogers, (1865
p. 280
Also cited in Schölch (1993), p.158.

Today, it is still inhabited by some Abd al-Hadi families.Semplici, Andrea and Boccia, Mario
Nablus, At the Foot of the Holy Mountain
Med Cooperation, pp.13-14. In 2002 the Abd al-Hadi Palace was hit by mortar fire and damaged by explosions during the Israeli incursion into Nablus.

References

*Schölch, Alexander, (1993): ''Palestine in Transformation, 1856-1882,'' , *Rogers, Mary Eliza, (1865):
Domestic Life in Palestine
' {{coord, 32, 13, 04, N, 35, 15, 33, E, type:city, display=title Buildings and structures in Nablus Palaces in the State of Palestine

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