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The sons of Hussein bin Ali, the Grand Emir and Sharif of Mecca were set up as the kings of Iraq and Jordan in the aftermath of the Arab Revolt and World War I.. The Jordanian monarchy was set up in 1921, with Abdullah I becoming Emir of the Emirate of Transjordan, a post he held from 11 April 1921 until Transjordan gained independence on 25 May 1946 as the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan.
Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein [a] (born 30 January 1962) is King of Jordan, having ascended the throne on 7 February 1999.He is a member of the Hashemite, who have been the reigning royal family of Jordan since 1921, and is considered a 41st-generation direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Prince Zeid bin Hussein, who moved to Jordan when his brother's grandson, King Faisal II of Iraq, was overthrown and murdered in a coup in 1958. Hassan, died at a young age. Hussein bin Ali continued to rule an independent Hejaz, of which he proclaimed himself king, between 1916 and 1924, after the collapse of Ottoman power, with the tacit ...
Pages in category "Kings of Jordan" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * List of kings of Jordan; A.
This is a list of the women who have been queen/princess consort of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan since the emirate was elevated to the status of a kingdom in 1949. As all monarchs of Jordan have been required by law to be male, there has never been a queen regnant of Jordan although the law can be bypassed by royal decree.
Kings of Jordan (1 C, 6 P) O. Organisations based in Jordan with royal patronage (7 P) P. Palaces in Jordan (3 P) R. Jordanian royalty (6 C, 2 P) Pages in category ...
The teenaged king inherited the throne not only of Jordan, but also of the West Bank, captured by Jordan during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and annexed in 1950. [11] The country was poor in natural resources, and had a large Palestinian refugee population resulting from the war – the annexation of the West Bank had made Palestinians two ...
King: Norodom Sihamoni Cambodia: 14 October 2004 [k] (20 years, 105 days) Norodom [l] Ceremonial: Hereditary and elective [m] [39] King: Frederik X Denmark: 14 January 2024 (1 year, 13 days) Glücksburg (official) [n] Monpezat : Ceremonial: Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark [43] King: Mswati III Eswatini: 25 April 1986 (38 years, 277 days ...