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Abdullah I عبد الله الأول | |
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| Born | 2 February 1882 Mecca, Hejaz Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 20 July 1951 (aged 69) East Jerusalem, West Bank, Jordan |
| Cause of death | Assassination (gunshot wounds) |
Abdullah bin Hussein (2 February 1882 – 20 July 1951), commonly known as Abdullah I of Jordan, was a Hashemite monarch who ruled Jordan from 1921 until his assassination in 1951. Abdullah was put in power by the British over their protectorate of Transjordan, ruling as emir until official independence in 1946, after which he ruled as king.
Abdullah was a willing comprador to British imperial interests and helped cement Jordan as a British semi-colony. He was also deeply involved in the partition of Palestine, secretly negotiating with the Zionists and the British in hopes of gaining control over the Arab allotted portion. Consequently, he annexed the West Bank into Jordan in 1950 after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War but was assassinated a year later by Palestinian revolutionaries.[1]
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- ↑ James Markin (2024-04-15). "The Jordanian monarchy: An asset for imperialism in the Middle East" Workers' Voice/La Voz de los Trabajadores. Archived from the original on 2024-04-16. Retrieved 2024-04-16.