Husayn Fakhri al-Khalidi (Arabic: حسين فخري الخالدي, Ḥusayn Fakhri al-Khalidī, 1895 – 6 February 1962) was mayor of Jerusalem from 1934 to 1937 and the 13th Prime Minister of Jordan in 1957.
Husayn al-Khaldi | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Jerusalem | |
| In office 1934–1937 | |
| Preceded by | Raghib al-Nashashibi |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Auster |
| 13th Prime Minister of Jordan | |
| In office 15 April 1957 – 24 April 1957 | |
| Monarch | King Hussein |
| Preceded by | Suleiman al-Nabulsi |
| Succeeded by | Ibrahim Hashem |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 January 1895 Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 6 February 1962 (age 67) |
| Political party | Reform Party |
| Relations | Ismail al-Khalidi (brother) |
On 23 June 1935 Khalidi founded the Reform Party and was subsequently the party's representative to the Arab Higher Committee.[1]
On 1 October 1937, amid the 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine, the British Mandate administration outlawed the AHC and several Arab political parties and arrested a number of Arab political leaders. The Reform Party was dissolved and Khalidi was one of the leaders arrested.[2][3] He was removed as mayor of Jerusalem and deported to the Seychelles, together with four other Arab nationalist political leaders.[2] He was released in December 1938[3] to enable him to take part in the London Conference in February 1939, and was among those rejecting the British Government's White Paper of 1939.[4]
Khalidi returned to Mandatory Palestine in 1943 and joined the reformed Arab Higher Committee in 1945, becoming its secretary in 1946. He was a member of the short-lived All-Palestine Government established under Egypt's patronage in Gaza in September 1948. He published a book of his memoirs in the same year, while exiled in Beirut.[5] He prospered under Jordanian rule, he was custodian and supervisor of the Haram al-Sharif in 1951, became a cabinet minister (for Foreign Affairs) and briefly prime minister in 1957.[6] In 1958, he wrote a book in English entitled Arab Exodus, though it has never been published.[5]
Khalidi died on 6 February 1962.[7] He was the brother of Ismail Khalidi and the uncle of Rashid Khalidi and Raja Khalidi.[8]
See also
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edit- ^ Military Preparations of the Arab Community in Palestine, 1945-1948: 1945-1948, By Haim Levenberg, Routledge, 1993, p. 7
- ^ a b A Survey of Palestine - prepared in December 1945 and January 1946 for the information of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry. Reprinted 1991 by the Institute of Palestine Studies, Washington. Volume II. ISBN 0-88728-214-8. p.949
- ^ a b Saphire, William B. (1945-07-06). "Arab Propaganda Invades Canada and United States". The Canadian Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
- ^ Kessler, Oren (2023). Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict. Lanham Boulder New York London: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 135–138, 207. ISBN 978-1-5381-4880-8.
- ^ a b [1] Archived 2016-02-06 at the Wayback Machine Episode 4
- ^ A History of Palestine: From the Ottoman Conquest to the Founding of the State of Israel, Gudrun Krämer, translated by Graham Harman, Princeton University Press, 2008, p. 258
- ^ A different date is given by:Hussein Fakhri Al-Khalidi, however more resources, such as the NYT article: HUSSEIN KHALIDI OF JORDAN DEAD, February 8, 1962, give the date of 6 February 1962
- ^ ISMAIL KHALIDI, 52, U.N. OFFICIAL, DIES, New York Times, September 6, 1968