Prime Minister Taj al-Din al-Hasani with a group of Jewish Rabbis and notables in Damascus in 1928. The picture was taken at the gates of the Prime Minister’s Office. Front row, fourth from left, is Nicolas Shahine, the Director of Police and Public Security. In the middle, in white turban around his fez, is Prime Minister Hasani. Standing right behind him is Jamil al-Ulshi, the Minister of Finance. To Ulshi’s left, in rim glasses, is Education Minister Mohammad Kurd Ali.