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Abdullah I of Jordan
Abdullah I was the ruler of Jordan from 11 April 1921 until his assassination in 1951. He was the Emir of Transjordan, a British protectorate, until 25 May 1946, after which he was king of an independent Jordan. As a member of the Hashemite dynasty, the royal family of Jordan since 1921, Abdullah was a 38th-generation direct descendant of Muhammad.
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politics · Ruler of Jordan from 1921 to 1951 · monarch · also Abdullah I of Jordan, King Abdullah I, King Abdullah, 'Abdallah I, Jordan
Born 2 February 1882 · Died 20 July 1951 · Q192780
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1951· 1 entry
Died 1951-07-20.
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1950· 1 entry
Jordan annexed the West Bank, which angered Arab countries including Syria, Saudi Arabia and Egypt
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1949· 2 entries
Won: Francoist Spain (1949).
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Abdullah married his third wife, Nahda bint Uman, a lady from Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, in Amman
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1948· 1 entry
“Why are you in such a hurry to proclaim your state? Why don”
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1947· 1 entry
When the UN supported partition of Palestine into one Jewish and one Arab state, Abdullah was the only Arab leader supporting the decision
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1946· 1 entry
Career landmark: King of Jordan (1946–1951).
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1937· 1 entry
Which proposed that Palestine be split up into a small Jewish state (20 percent of the British Mandate for Palestine) and the remaining land be annexed into Transjordan
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1928· 1 entry
Its role remained advisory, leaving him to rule as an autocrat
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1923· 1 entry
Was led by John Bagot Glubb between 1930 and 1956
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1921· 1 entry
For a famous "tea party", where he convinced Abdullah to stay put and not attack Britain's allies, the French
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1915· 1 entry
Encouraged his father to enter into correspondence with Sir Henry McMahon, British high commissioner in Egypt, about Arab independence from Turkish rule (see McMahon–Hussein Correspondence)
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1914· 1 entry
Abdullah paid a clandestine visit to Cairo to meet Lord Kitchener, the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for War, to seek British support for his father's ambitions in Arabia
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1913· 1 entry
Abdullah married his second wife, Suzdil Khanum (d
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1910· 1 entry
Abdullah persuaded his father to stand, successfully, for Grand Sharif of Mecca, a post for which Hussein acquired British support
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1904· 1 entry
Abdullah married his first wife, Sharifa Musbah bint Nasser (1884 – 15 March 1961), at Stinia Palace, İstinye, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
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1882· 1 entry
Born 1882-02-02.
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