# Talal of Jordan

> A king for thirteen months. Talal of Jordan gave his country its modern constitution in 1952 — then Parliament forced him out, citing schizophrenia, and sent him to a sanatorium in Istanbul for the next twenty years.

*King of Jordan from 1951 to 1952*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/talal-of-jordan

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** Turkey
- **Born:** 1909-02-26
- **Died:** 1972-07-07
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Talal bin Abdullah was born in Mecca in 1909, eldest son of the man who would become Jordan's first king. His father Abdullah spent long stretches away building the Emirate of Transjordan, leaving Talal alone with his mother through his early years. He joined the Arab Legion as a second lieutenant in 1927, then served as aide to his exiled grandfather Sharif Hussein in Cyprus, rising to general by 1948. When Abdullah was assassinated in Jerusalem in 1951, Talal became king at forty-two. His reign lasted less than thirteen months, but he left Jordan with its enduring constitutional framework, turning the monarchy into a constitutional one in 1952. That same year Parliament forced his abdication on grounds of mental illness. He lived out the remaining two decades at a sanatorium in Istanbul, succeeded by his son Hussein.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 56.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 22.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #Turkey, #Middle East, #20th Century

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talal_of_Jordan)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q294365)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Talal%20of%20Jordan)
- [طلال بن عبد الله](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87)
- [طلال بن عبدالله](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87)
- [I Təlal (İordaniya kralı)](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_T%C9%99lal_(%C4%B0ordaniya_kral%C4%B1))
- [Талал бен Абдала](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0)
- [Талал I (Йордания)](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BB_I_(%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F))
- [তালাল, জর্ডানের রাজা](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%2C_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE)
- [Talal Iañ Jordania](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talal_Ia%C3%B1_Jordania)
- [Talal de Jordània](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talal_de_Jord%C3%A0nia)
- [تەلال بن عەبدوڵڵا](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DB%95%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%B9%DB%95%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%88%DA%B5%DA%B5%D8%A7)
- [Talal I.](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talal_I.)
- [Talal, brenin Iorddonen](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talal%2C_brenin_Iorddonen)
- [Talal 1. af Jordan](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talal_1._af_Jordan)
- [Talal (Jordanien)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talal_(Jordanien))
- [Ταλάλ της Ιορδανίας](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%BB_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%99%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B4%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82)
- [Talal (Jordanio)](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talal_(Jordanio))
- [Talal de Jordania](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talal_de_Jordania)
- [Talal Jordaniakoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talal_Jordaniakoa)
- [طلال بن عبدالله](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87)
- [Talal](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talal)
- [Talal (roi de Jordanie)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talal_(roi_de_Jordanie))
- [Talal de Xordania](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talal_de_Xordania)
- [טלאל, מלך ירדן](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%9C%2C_%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%9A_%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%9F)
- [Talal van Jordanië](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talal_van_Jordani%C3%AB)
- [طلال بن عبد الله بن الحسين](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86)

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