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King Abdullah I bin al-Hussein... Country of Jordan...
King Abdullah I bin al-Hussein... Country of Jordan...
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May 26, 1946
THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, May 26, 1946
* Country of Jordan get independence from Britain
* King Abdullah I bin al-Hussein
This 60+ page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Trans-Jordan Emir Becomes King In Setting of Arabian Pageantry"
Continues on page 4 with photo of the new king. Tells of the independence of Jordan from Britain with report of the new king.
Other news of the day throughout. Light browning, otherwise in good condition.
wikipedia notes: Abdullah I bin al-Hussein, King of Jordan (February, 1882 – July 20, 1951) born in Mecca, Ottoman Empire, (in modern-day Saudi Arabia) was the second of three sons of Sherif Hussein bin Ali, Sharif and Emir of Mecca and his first wife Abdiyya bint Abdullah (d. 1886). He was educated in Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey and Hijaz. From 1909 to 1914, Abdullah sat in the Ottoman legislature, as deputy for Mecca, but allied with Britain during World War I. Between 1916 to 1918, working with the British guerilla leader T. E. Lawrence, he played a key role as architect and planner of the Great Arab Revolt against Ottoman rule, leading guerilla raids on garrisons.[1] He was the ruler of Transjordan and its successor state, Jordan, from 1921 to 1951[2]—first as Emir under a British Mandate from 1921 to 1946, then as King of an independent nation from 1946 until his assassination.
Category: The 20th Century
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