Musa al-Alami (

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

: موسى العلمي) was

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilitie ...

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in the 1869. His son,

Faidi al-Alami Faidi/Fidi/Fedi/Faydi Effendi el/al-'Alami (1865 or 1881 – 1924'; Arabic: فيضي العلمي) was Mayor of Jerusalem from 1906 to 1909. Among his legacies was having helped improve the city and expand municipal services leading to an inc ...

, was also mayor of the city and his grandson, another Musa al-Alami, was assistant attorney-general of Palestine under the British mandate.

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