Emirate of Transjordan
Jordan, 1921–1946. Draft, not yet reviewed
The Emirate of Transjordan, officially the Emirate of Trans-Jordan, was an autonomous administrative division (under a League of Nations mandate) established on 11 April 1921, which remained as such until achieving formal independence as the Kingdom of Transjordan in 1946. Abdullah entered the region in November 1920, moving to Amman on 2 March 1921. At a conference with the British, it was agreed that Abdullah bin Hussein would administer the territory under the auspices of the British Mandate for Palestine with a fully autonomous governing system. On 25 May 1946, the emirate became the "Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan", achieving full independence on 17 June 1946 when in accordance with the Treaty of London ratifications were exchanged in Amman.
Seat of power: Amman
No rulers documented for this era yet.
Culture
- The Hashemite dynasty ruled the protectorate, as well as the neighboring Mandatory Iraq and, until 1925, the Kingdom of Hejaz (modern western Saudi Arabia) to the south.
- After the Ottoman defeat in World War I, the Transjordan region was administered within OETA East.
- Transjordan became a no man's land following the July 1920 Battle of Maysalun, during which period the British in neighbouring Mandatory Palestine chose to avoid "any definite connection between it and Palestine".
Picture
The Amman Citadel is an archaeological site on an L-shaped hill towering over Downtown Amman, in the central part of the capital of Jordan.
Image: David Bjorgen, CC BY 2.5, file
Sources
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