Al-Mufti House

The Mufti House (Arabic: بيت المفتي‎) is a house located on Rainbow Street-Mango Street intersection in the Jabal Amman neighbourhood of Amman, Jordan. Like many other houses in Jabal Amman, such as the Mango House across the street, 70 years[1] has given the Mufti House time for a significantly wooded front yard to develop. A stair-stepped stone wall covered in ivy separates it from the main street.

The Mufti House
Bét Il Mûfti
Al-Mufti House
General information
Type	Residence
Location	Amman, Jordan
Completed	Late 1920s
Owner	Al-Mufti family
Design and construction
Architect	Umar Hikmat

History

The Mufti House was built in the late 1920s in the style of the Akrawi and Habböo House located to the south.[1] Built by Umar Hikmat, a prominent Circassian, the house was sold to a fellow Circassian politician, Sa'id al-Mufti,[2] in the mid-1930s. Mufti, who would later become the mayor of Amman, made numerous additions to the house as his prestige as a politician grew.[1] A new kitchen, toilets and a dining room were added, in what would eventually become the present-day house. Most significantly, Mufti added the notable front porch during the 1950s.[1] Around the same time, another house was built to the east of the original house by Shawkat, Mufti's brother. Mufti eventually moved into the house, where he stayed until his death. Sa'id, Mufti's wife, resides in the house today.[1]

Architecture

Similar in style to the Akrawi and Habböo house, the Mufti House features a wide aqua-green front exposure, very much in the style of that era of Amman architecture.[1] The front porticoed balcony features rose-stone columns similar to the stone used by the Mango House across the street. The Mufti house does not face the street, rather, looks in the direction of Jabal Akhddar on the other side of Amman.

See also

• Mango House
• Rainbow Street
• Mango Street
• Sa'id al-Mufti
• Jabal Amman

References

1. Old Houses of Jordan. TURAB 1997.
2. "Sa'id al-Mufti". Retrieved 2008-05-13.