at Musa Kazim's death was the reason that Ragib Nashishibi was not re-elected Mayor of Jerusalem that year. Interaction with Jews and Zionists In 1905, while Governor of Jaffa, he sent armed guards to protect the new Jewish neighbourhood of Neveh Zedek, North of Jaffa, founded by his personal friend Eliezer Rokach. He also helped associates of Edmond Rothschild in the setting up of some of the first Jewish colonies. In the 1920s he appears to have sold land to the Jewish National Fund in particular at Dalab, near Abu Gosh on which kibbutz Kfar Anavim was later built. His name also appears on a 1937 Zionist list of notables who had sold land.Segev, p. 275 Musa Kazim, as Mayor of Jerusalem, attended a reception organised by Storrs for the Zionist Commission led by Chaim Weizmann, 27 April 1918. But he refused to meet Weizmann in person, and also refused to meet him later in London.Storrs In December 1918 he had a confrontation with Menachem Ussishkin head of the Zionist Executive over the use of Hebrew in the official invitation to the celebrations for the anniversary of the British conquest of Jerusalem. He argued that most of the Jews in Jerusalem understood Arabic, most did not understand Hebrew and that this was just an attempt to force the municipality to give in to Zionist demands. Despite his criticism of Jewish land purchase in Palestine, Husayni himself sold land to Jews. He did have a close relationship with Chaim Kalvarisky of the Zionist Executive. Notes made by Kalvarisky in 1923 appear to show Musa Kazim complaining that he had not received money that had been promised to him. This may refer to money that Frederick Kisch had agreed to give to several leading Arab figures in return for supporting British policies. The amount mentioned in Kisch's diary was £400 per month. Personal life He was the father of Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni, Sami al Husayni, Farid al Husayni and Fouad al Husayni. He was buried in the Al-Khatuniyya Madrasa (where his son Abd al-Qadir and his grandson Faisal Husseini would also be buried) by the al-Aqsa Compound. See also Orient House Pro-Jerusalem Society (1918–1926) – Musa al-Husayni, as former mayor, was a member of its leading council References Further reading Gelber, Yoav (1997). Jewish–Transjordanian Relations 1921–48: Alliance of Bars Sinister''. London: Routledge. 1853 births 1934 deaths Arab people in Mandatory Palestine People