as-Sayyid Abdullah I, King of Jordan
GBE,
GCMG (
1882 –
July 20,
1951 by Assassination) (
Arabic: عبد الله الأول), also known as as-Sayyid Abdullah bin al-Husayn (
Arabic: عبد الله بن الحسين `as=Sayyid Abd Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn), was, successively,
Emir of
Transjordan (1921–1946) under a British Mandate, then King of
Transjordan (
May 25,
1946–1949), and King of the Hashemite Kingdom of
Jordan (1949–1951). He is also frequently called King Abdullah the Founder (عبدالله المؤسس), since he was the founder of Jordan.
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