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The king of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (Arabic: ملك المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية) is the monarchical head of state of Jordan. He serves as the head of the Jordanian monarchy—the Hashemite dynasty. The king is addressed as His Majesty (صاحب الجلالة). Jordan is a constitutional monarchy. However, the king ...
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 Hashemites, 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 ...
DUBAI (Reuters) -Jordan's King Abdullah said on Wednesday he rejected any attempts to annex land and displace Palestinians. He spoke after U.S. President Trump said on Tuesday the United States ...
President Donald Trump doubled down on his plan for the United States to take control of Gaza during a White House meeting Tuesday with Jordan's King Abdullah II.
Abdullah I bin Al-Hussein (Arabic: عبد الله الأول بن الحسين, romanized: ʿAbd Allāh al-Awwal bin al-Ḥusayn, 2 February 1882 – 20 July 1951) was the ruler of Jordan from 11 April 1921 until his assassination in 1951.
Jordan's King Abdullah II, long one of the United States' closest allies, visited the White House on Tuesday to tell President Trump why a mass expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza to Jordan is not ...
Talal is proclaimed king after his father. 1952: Constitution of Jordan established. Talal abdicates the throne due to illness. 1955: Wide scale violent anti-Hashemite riots across Jordan result in resignation of the Majali government and retraction of Jordan from the Baghdad Pact. An anti-Christian riot also takes place in Madaba the same year.