alamieh

Updated: June 22, 2025

The Mayor of Jerusalem, who unfortunately died of pneumonia a fortnight later, and the Mufti, who, like the Mayor, was a member of a Mahomedan family which traces its descent back through many centuries, were presented, as were also the sheikhs in charge of the Mosque of Omar, 'the Tomb of the Rock, and the Mosque of El Aksa, and Moslems belonging to the Khaldieh and Alamieh families.

William Thomas Massey - How Jerusalem Was Won: Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine