Abdullah I of Jordan
Ruler of Transjordan and Jordan from 1921 to 1951 · Turkey · Historical Figures · Lived 1882 to 1951 · aged 69
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Something wrong?A Hashemite prince who rode the Arab Revolt into power, then spent three decades threading the needle between British alliance and Arab nationalism - until a bullet outside Al-Aqsa ended the balancing act.
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(R-L) THOMAS EDWARD LAWRENCE, JORDANIAN RULER EMIR ABDULLAH & BRITISH GEN. EDMUND ALLENBY WHO CONQUERED PALESTINE FROM THE OTTOMANS POSE TOGETHER IN JD741-014
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Born in Mecca in 1882, Abdullah bin Hussein was the second son of the Sharif and sat in the Ottoman legislature before the world broke open. During the First World War he brokered secret talks with Britain and led guerrilla raids that fed the Arab Revolt his father commanded. In April 1921 he became Emir of Transjordan, a British protectorate carved from imperial rubble. He kept faith with London through the Second World War and claimed his crown when independence arrived in 1946. Four years later he annexed the West Bank, a move that set Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt against him. On 20 July 1951, a Palestinian gunman shot him at the entrance to Al-Aqsa Mosque during Friday prayers. His eldest son Talal inherited the throne.
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