Raghib al-Nashashibi ( ar, راغب النشاشيبي, ) (1881–1951),

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(hon), was a wealthy landowner and public figure during the

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, the British Mandate and the Jordanian administration. He was a member of the

Nashashibi Nashashibi ( ar, النشاشيبي; transliteration, Al-Nashāshībī) is the name of a prominent Palestinian family based in Jerusalem. After the First World War, during the British period, Raghib al-Nashashibi was Mayor of Jerusalem (1920–1 ...

clan, one of the most influential families in

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, and mayor of

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from 1920 to 1934.

Background

Nashashibi graduated from

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and became Jerusalem's District Engineer. The

s were one of the oldest and most influential Jerusalem families, and historical rivals of the

Husayni Husayni ( ar, الحسيني also spelled Husseini) is the name of a prominent Palestinian Arab clan formerly based in Jerusalem, which claims descent from Husayn ibn Ali (the son of Ali). The Husaynis follow the Hanafi school of Sunni Isla ...

family.

Political career

Nashashibi succeeded Musa Kazim al-Husayni as mayor of Jerusalem in 1920, serving in 1927 with Haym Salomon and Jacob Faradj, who were elected as vice-mayors. He was a leading opponent of the Husayni family in

. In 1937 he secretly favoured union with

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. Nashashibi was a founding member of the

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and a leader of the National Defence Party. In August 1949 he was appointed head of the new

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ian ministry for refugees and rehabilitation and was appointed first Governor-General for Arab Palestine in September of that same year. In 1950 he became Jordanian Minister of Agriculture and later Minister of Transport. He was also appointed as custodian of the Holy Places of Jerusalem with cabinet rank.

Personal life

His second wife, a French Jew, lived on Kantura street. Their eldest son was Mansur.

Bibliography

* Sayigh, Yezid (2000). ''Armed Struggle and the Search for State: The Palestinian National Movement, 1949-1993''. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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