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Talal I of Jordan
Talal bin Abdullah al-Hashimi was King of Jordan from the assassination of his father King Abdullah I in 1951, until his forced abdication in 1952. As a member of the Hashemite dynasty, the royal family of Jordan since 1921, Talal was a 39th-generation direct descendant of Muhammad.
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politics · King of Jordan from 1951 to 1952 · sovereign · military personnel · politician · also Talal I of Jordan, Talal of Jordan, Talal bin Abdullah, Jordan
Born 26 February 1909 · Died 7 July 1972 · Q294365
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2026· 2 entries
Public attention spiked: 5,639 Wikipedia readers in one day, 19.3× the usual 292, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: Gallery English - "forcibly abdicated" is wrong (you can abdicate but you can't be abdicated)
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1972· 1 entry
Died 1972-07-07.
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1952· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Cross of Military Merit with White Decoration (1952).
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Rendering his kingdom a constitutional monarchy
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1951· 2 entries
Career landmark: King of Jordan (1951–1952).
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Though no notes are known to have been printed and released for circulation
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1947· 1 entry
Career landmark: Crown Prince of Jordan (1947–1951).
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1946· 1 entry
And the Emirate became the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
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1934· 1 entry
Talal married his first cousin Zein al-Sharaf who bore him four sons and two daughters:
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1929· 1 entry
When he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Cavalry Regiment of the Arab Legion
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1921· 1 entry
A British Protectorate, for which he was Emir
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1909· 1 entry
Born 1909-02-26.
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