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Abdullah I of Jordan

Ruler of Transjordan and Jordan from 1921 to 1951

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Dec 12, 2025
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Wasn't Jordan's takeover of the "West Bank" in 1948 illegal as it was outside their mandated territory east of the Jordan River?

Jordan occupied the West Bank during the 1948 war and formally annexed it by parliamentary resolution on 24 April 1950; that annexation was recognized by only a handful of states and was widely regard...

Dec 15, 2025
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What parts of historic Palestine were annexed by Jordan and when?

Jordan occupied and then annexed the portion of Mandatory Palestine west of the Jordan River — the West Bank including East Jerusalem — in the aftermath of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War; the formal annexa...

Dec 15, 2025

What was the role of Britain and the Hashemite (Al-Hashimi/Al-Hashemite) family in creating Jordan?

Britain created the political space for the Hashemite family to rule what became Transjordan in the aftermath of World War I, placing Emir Abdullah (a son of Sharif Hussein) in Amman in 1921 under Bri...