Al-Mufti House
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The Mufti House 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 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.
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.
Rainbow Street
The Rainbow Street , originally named Abu Bakr al Siddiq street, is a public space in the historic area of Jabal Amman, near the center of downtown Amman, Jordan...
-Mango Street
Mango Street
Mango Street is a historic street in the Jabal Amman area near downtown Amman, Jordan. Officially named Omar bin al-Khattab Street , the street derives its nickname from the Mango House, a building on the intersection between Mango and Rainbow Streets...
intersection in the Jabal Amman
Jabal Amman
Jabal Amman is one of the seven hills that originally made up Amman, Jordan. Today, Jabal Amman is near the old downtown area.-History:Along with the rest of old Amman, Jabal Amman was first settled during the Neolithic period. But unlike nearby hills, particularly Jabal al-Qal'a, Jabal Amman was...
neighbourhood of Amman
Amman
Amman is the capital of Jordan. It is the country's political, cultural and commercial centre and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The Greater Amman area has a population of 2,842,629 as of 2010. The population of Amman is expected to jump from 2.8 million to almost...
, Jordan
Jordan
Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
. Like many other houses in Jabal Amman, such as the Mango House
Mango House
The Mango House is a building in Amman, Jordan. Situated on Mango Street, the house looks out toward Jabal Akhddar on the other side of the valley that is downtown Amman.-Architecture:...
across the street, 70 years 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.
History
The Mufti House was built in the late 1920s in the style of the Akrawi and Habböo House located to the south. Built by Umar Hikmat, a prominent Circassian, the house was sold to a fellow Circassian politician, Sa'id al-Mufti, 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. 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. 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.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. The front porticoed balcony features rose-stone columns similar to the stone used by the Mango HouseMango House
The Mango House is a building in Amman, Jordan. Situated on Mango Street, the house looks out toward Jabal Akhddar on the other side of the valley that is downtown Amman.-Architecture:...
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 HouseMango HouseThe Mango House is a building in Amman, Jordan. Situated on Mango Street, the house looks out toward Jabal Akhddar on the other side of the valley that is downtown Amman.-Architecture:...
- Rainbow StreetRainbow StreetThe Rainbow Street , originally named Abu Bakr al Siddiq street, is a public space in the historic area of Jabal Amman, near the center of downtown Amman, Jordan...
- Mango StreetMango StreetMango Street is a historic street in the Jabal Amman area near downtown Amman, Jordan. Officially named Omar bin al-Khattab Street , the street derives its nickname from the Mango House, a building on the intersection between Mango and Rainbow Streets...
- Sa'id al-Mufti
- Jabal AmmanJabal AmmanJabal Amman is one of the seven hills that originally made up Amman, Jordan. Today, Jabal Amman is near the old downtown area.-History:Along with the rest of old Amman, Jabal Amman was first settled during the Neolithic period. But unlike nearby hills, particularly Jabal al-Qal'a, Jabal Amman was...