[124] They chose Hajj Amin al-Husseini to become Grand Mufti, Even though he was younger and had gained the fewest votes from Jerusalem's Islamic leaders.[125] One of the mufti's rivals, Raghib Bey al-Nashashibi, had by now been appointed Mayor of Jerusalem in 1920, replacing Musa Kazim, whom the British taken off following the Nabi Musa riots of 1