Image Gallery of Dār al-Shawwā (Shajāʿiyya/Turkumān, Mesken 3), Qazdamrī Street, Shajāʿiyya/Turkumān, Gaza
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One of the Shawwā family's houses, marked on Gatt's map. It is most likely the house of Saʿīd Efendi al-Shawwā, a wealth businessman who served as Gaza's mayor from 1906 until the end of the First World War.
The house was registered as Mesken 3 of the Shajaʿiyya/Turkumān neighbourhood in the Ottoman census of 1905. The walled behind the house probably served the family as a recreational and representative space.
The entry for the household head reads: "Ḥājj Saʿīd Efendi al-Shawwā, born in Gaza, real estate owner (emlak sahibi), born 1283/1866-7, of middle height, brown eyes, brown skin colour, of good health." He is registered together with twelve household members. JB
