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(ISRAEL / PALESTINE). Notice Illustree sur al-Haram Al-Haram Al-Sharif, Jerusalem. Text entirely in French. Seven photographic plates depicting the Temple Mount. Upper corner of rear cover with portions of Supreme Muslim Council stamp here torn off, as all copies, (for purposes of the Council’s internal accounting). pp. (24). Two neat hole-punches. Original printed wrappers. Sm. 4to. Jerusalem, Orphelinat Musulman (Moslem Orphanage Press), 1933.    The Supreme Islamic Council (headed by Haj Amin al-Husseini) records the historic Jewish connection to the Temple Mount. Issued by the المجلس الإسلامي الاعلى this guide to the structures that comprise the al-Haram al-Sharif, the Temple Mount, is of course written from a religious Moslem perspective. Nonetheless, it declares (p. 2) that the site is where the Temple of Solomon stood. Furthermore, the text directly quotes the Book of Samuel recounting that King David offered there, prayerful sacrifices to God (Samuel II, 24:25).