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The Hashemite Kingdom of Hejaz (Arabic: المملكة الحجازية الهاشمية, Al-Mamlakah al-Ḥijāziyyah Al-Hāshimiyyah) was a state in the Hejaz region of Western Asia that included the western portion of the Arabian Peninsula that was ruled by the Hashemite dynasty.
The descendants of Iraqi Hashemite prince Ra'ad ibn Zaid have been awarded Jordanian citizenship and are addressed in the style of His Royal Highness and Prince in Jordan. Descendants include Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad , a Jordanian diplomat, who served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2014 to 2018, and Prince Mired bin Ra'ad .
Jordan, [a] officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, [b] is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories to the west.
In 1946, independent Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan was formed and shortly admitted to the United Nations and the Arab League. In 1948, Jordan fought with the newly born state of Israel over lands of former Mandatory Palestine , effectively gaining control of the West Bank and annexing it with its Palestinian population.
The Saudi conquest of Hejaz or the Second Saudi-Hashemite War, also known as the Hejaz-Nejd War, was a campaign by Abdulaziz al-Saud of the Saudi Sultanate of Nejd to take over the Hashemite Kingdom of Hejaz in 1924–25, ending with conquest and incorporation of Hejaz into the Saudi domain.
Hashemite custodianship refers to the Jordanian royal family's role in tending Muslim and Christian holy sites in the city of Jerusalem. [1] The legacy traces back to 1924 when the Supreme Muslim Council , the highest Muslim body in charge of Muslim community affairs in Mandatory Palestine , chose Hussein bin Ali ( Sharif of Mecca ) as ...
This is a list of wars involving the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and its predecessor states. Emirate of Transjordan (1921–1946) ... Saudi Arabia Kingdom of Yemen
1999: King Abdullah bin Al Hussein became the 4th king of The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. 2005: 2005 Amman bombings by Al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi. 2010: 2011–12 Jordanian protests breaks out as part of the Arab Spring demanding economic and political reforms.