Join Facebook to connect with Abdullah Bin Al Hussein and others you may know. Join Facebook to connect with Abdullah Al Hussein and others you may know. [36] He was shot while attending Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in the company of his grandson, Prince Hussein. They had one child: The Emir with Sir Herbet Samuel (centre) and T. E. Lawrence (left), Amman Airfield, 1921, The Emir at the Cairo Conference with T. E. Lawrence, Air Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond and Sir Wyndham Deedes, March 1921, The Emir with Sir Herbert Samuel and Mr. and Mrs. Winston Churchill at Government House reception in Jerusalem, 28 March 1921. in Morris, 194. [44] He was succeeded by his son Talal; however, since Talal was mentally ill, Talal's son Prince Hussein became the effective ruler as King Hussein at the age of seventeen. Bickerton, Ian J., and Carla L. Klausner. Sela, Avraham. King Abdullah II bin al-Hussein (Arabic: عبدالله الثاني بن الحسين) (born 30 January 1962; age 59) is the king of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. [1]. Thus, Kirkbride is said to have reasoned that Naif's "accession would have been attributed by many Arabs to a Machiavellian plot on the part of the British government to exclude their enemy Talal", an assumption that would give the Arab nationalist sympathetic public an impression that Britain still actively interfered in the affairs of newly independent Jordan. However, as Talal was receiving medical treatment abroad, Prince Naif was allowed to act as regent in his brother's place. Abdullah studied in England for … The Arabs within Palestine and the surrounding Arab countries objected to the Peel Commission while the Jews accepted it reluctantly. [8] In 1914, Abdullah paid a clandestine visit to Cairo to meet Lord Kitchener to seek British support for his father's ambitions in Arabia. Shlaim, Avi. However, Talal's troubled relationship with his father led Emir Abdullah to remove him from the line of succession in a secret royal decree during World War II. [49], Abdullah married three times. Sela. Abdullah II may also refer to |Abdullah II ... World Heritage Encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive collection ever assembled. [14][15][16], Abdullah supported the Peel Commission in 1937, which proposed that Palestine be split up into a small Jewish state (20 percent of the British Mandate for Palestine) and the remaining land be annexed into Transjordan. On 8 March 1920, Abdullah was proclaimed King of Iraq by the Iraqi Congress but he refused the position. No people on earth have been less "anti-Semitic" than the Arabs. Sela. (see McMahon-Hussein Correspondence). [33] News of the negotiations provoked a strong reaction from other Arab States and Abdullah agreed to discontinue the meetings in return for Arab acceptance of the West Bank's annexation into Jordan.[34]. [49] Finally, King Talal assumed full duties as the successor to Emir Abdullah and king when he returned to Jordan on 6 September 1951. [3][32] In 1949, Abdullah entered secret peace talks with Israel, including at least five with Moshe Dayan, the Military Governor of West Jerusalem and other senior Israelis. King Abdullah assumed his constitutional powers as King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on February 7, 1999, the day his father, the late King Hussein , passed away. The conflicts between his two sons led Emir Abdullah to seek a secret union with Hashemite Iraq, in which Abdullah's nephew Faysal II would rule Jordan after Abdullah's death. Lunt, p. 9. [citation needed]. Civil Engineering Department, University of Basrah. El-Tell and Husseini, and three co-conspirators from Jerusalem, were sentenced to death. Because of his dream for a Greater Syria within the borders of what was then Transjordan, Syria, Lebanon, and the British Mandate for Palestine under a Hashemite dynasty with "a throne in Damascus," many Arab countries distrusted Abdullah and saw him as both "a threat to the independence of their countries and they also suspected him of being in cahoots with the enemy" and in return, Abdullah distrusted the leaders of other Arab countries. [17] Ultimately, the Peel Commission was not adopted. [19] Less than a week before the outbreak of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Abdullah met with Meir for one last time on 11 May 1948. She was a daughter of Emir Nasser Pasha and his wife, Dilber Khanum. Abdullah set about the task of building Transjordan with the help of a reserve force headed by Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Peake, who was seconded from the Palestine police in 1921. After his refusal, his brother who had just been defeated in Syria, accepted the position. Abdullah ruled until 1951 when he was assassinated in Jerusalem while attending Friday prayers at the entrance of the Al-Aqsa mosque by a Palestinian who feared that the King was going to make peace with Israel. [8] During World War II, Abdullah was a faithful British ally, maintaining strict order within Transjordan, and helping to suppress a pro-Axis uprising in Iraq. Jews, themselves, will admit that never since the Great Dispersion did Jews develop so freely and reach such importance as in Spain when it was an Arab possession. [8] The force, renamed the Arab Legion in 1923, was led by John Bagot Glubb between 1930 and 1956. 'Abid Ukah a cattle broker, his brother Zakariyya a butcher, Farhat a café owner. [8] The Arab Legion assisted in the occupation of Iraq and Syria. Listen to Abdullah Al-Hussein | SoundCloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create.. 13 Followers. On the same day, Abdullah was crowned king in Amman. [23] According to Karsh, the meetings in question concerned "an agreement based on the imminent U.N. Partition Resolution, [in Meir's words] "to maintain law and order until the UN could establish a government in that area"; namely, a short-lived law enforcement operation to implement the UN Partition Resolution, not obstruct it". In an article in Middle East Quarterly, he alleged that "extensive quotations from the reports of all three Jewish participants [at the meetings] do not support Shlaim's account...the report of Ezra Danin and Eliahu Sasson on the Golda Meir meeting (the most important Israeli participant and the person who allegedly clinched the deal with Abdullah) is conspicuously missing from Shlaim's book, despite his awareness of its existence". The Palestinian Arabs, the neighbouring Arab states, the promise of the expansion of territory and the goal to conquer Jerusalem finally pressured Abdullah into joining them in an "all-Arab military intervention" on 15 May 1948. Lunt, James. Following the official ceremony at Bab al-Salam Palace, a formal dinner was held at King Hussein Cub in Jabal Amman to celebrate the newlyweds among members of the Royal family, the groom's family, and close [19] Abdullah told Meir, "Why are you in such a hurry to proclaim your state? He belongs to the Royal Hashemite family, the rulers of Jordan since 1920s, and took the throne from his father, Hussein. Abdullah went so far as to have secret meetings with the Jewish Agency (future Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir was among the delegates to these meetings) that came to a mutually agreed upon partition plan independently of the United Nations in November 1947. Abdullah I bin Al-Hussein (Arabic: عبد الله الأول بن الحسين‎, Abd Allāh Al-Awal ibn Al-Husayn, 2 February 1882 – 20 July 1951) was the founder and ruler of the Jordanian realm from 11 April 1921 until his assassination on the 20th of July 1951. [3], In 1946–48, Abdullah actually supported partition in order that the Arab allocated areas of the British Mandate for Palestine could be annexed into Transjordan. After conquering the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, at the end of the war, King Abdullah tried to suppress any trace of a Palestinian Arab national identity. From 1909 to 1914, Abdullah sat in the Ottoman legislature, as deputy for Mecca, but allied with Britain during World War I. "Hussein of Jordan". Soon enough, Prince Naif began "openly expressing his designs on the throne for himself". After being put into makeup, given pointed sideburns and then fitted for his uniform (a lieutenant of the sciences division), he rehearsed and shot his scene. Husseini "pleaded his innocence throughout. [13] Abdullah's relations with the British Captain T. E. Lawrence were not good, and as a result, Lawrence spent most of his time in the Hejaz serving with Abdullah's brother, Faisal, who commanded the Arab Northern Army. Voyager executive producer Jeri Taylor commented, "Take away the title and the trappings, and at the core you have a Star Trek fan." Abdullah headed to north to Transjordan and established an emirate there after being welcomed into the country by its inhabitants.[3]. Hussein Abdullah Said (حسين عبد الله سعيد) See Photos. View the profiles of people named Abdullah Bin Al Hussein. She studied at the New English School in Kuwait City and later on studied business administration at the A… [18] On 17 November 1947, in a secret meeting with Meir, Abdullah stated that he wished to annex all of the Arab parts as a minimum, and would prefer to annex all of Palestine. The prince – who, at the time of his cameo, was thirty-four years old – enthused, "I would have been thrilled just to visit the set but this is too much." Churchill told Abdullah that French forces were superior to his and that the British did not want any trouble with the French. First published Macmillan London Ltd, 1989. "Abdallah Ibn Hussein." [48], With the two other possible claimants to the throne sidelined by the British (Prince Naif and King Faysal II of Iraq), Talal was poised to rule as king of Jordan upon Emir Abdullah's assassination in 1951. (Star Trek Monthly issue 16) During his time on the Star Trek: Voyager set, Abdullah also invited Robert Picardo and Neelix actor Ethan Phillips to his own country of Jordan, an offer that Phillips took up during the hiatus between Voyager's second and third seasons. [12] In August 1917, Abdullah worked closely with the French Captain Muhammand Ould Ali Raho in sabotaging the Hejaz Railway. Sort by … King Abdullah began his education at the Islamic Educational College in Amman. In their Revolt and their Awakening, Arabs never incited sedition or acted out of greed, but called for justice, liberty and national sovereignty. Many Jordanians believed that there was "nothing wrong with Talal and that the wily British fabricated the story about his madness in order to get him out of the way. Verified email at uobasrah.edu.iq - Homepage. 7,8. [6] He was succeeded by his eldest son Talal. Talal, being the eldest son, was considered the "natural heir to the throne". Reasoning: The Palestinian gunman fired three fatal bullets into the King's head and chest. Stream Tracks and Playlists from Abdullah Al-Hussein on your desktop or mobile device. Roles: Abdullah II became the King of Jordan when his father King Hussein passed away in February 1999. Hussein bin Abdullah (Arabic: الحسين بن عبد الله ‎, Al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbdullāh; born 28 June 1994) is Crown Prince of Jordan as the son of King Abdullah II.As a member of the Hashemite dynasty, the royal family of Jordan since 1921, he is a 42nd-generation direct descendant of Muhammad. This page was last edited on 23 March 2021, at 10:44. This assumption would be put to a test when Kirkbride sent Talal to a Beirut mental hospital, stating that Talal was suffering from severe mental illness. [47] Such assumption would disturb British interests as it may lead to renewed calls to remove British forces and fully remove British influence from the country. Abdullah Al-Hussein, PhD. [41], Ashu was killed; the revolver used to kill the king was found on his body, as well as a talisman with "Kill, thou shalt be safe" written on it in Arabic. (TV Guide, 17-23 Feb., p. 26) He appears in the episode's opening scene as a science officer who speaks with Harry Kim as the scene fades in. [19] Abdullah proposed to Meir the creation "of an autonomous Jewish canton within a Hashemite kingdom," but "Meir countered back that in November, they had agreed on a partition with Jewish statehood. General Abdul Qadir Pasha Al Jundi of the Arab Legion was to preside over the trial, which began on 18 August. Abdullah personally led guerrilla raids on garrisons.[5]. abdullah al-hussein the jordanian office of company for outside trading and inter-mediation ( any trade ) "Meeting of the Arab Section of the Political Department of the Jewish Agency," qtd. In July, he received reinforcements from Egypt in the form of howitzer batteries manned by Egyptian personnel. Abdullah Said Al Hussein. Structural Health Assessment Nonlinear System Identification Signal Processing Kalman Filtering. Abdullah's dynasty, the Hashemites, ruled Mecca for over 700 years—from the 10th century until the House of Saud conquered Mecca in 1925—and have ruled Jordan since 1921. Crown Prince of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Prince Hussein bin Abdullah II, Crown Prince: He took over the post July 2, 2009 Personal information Birthday June 28, 1994 Amman, Jordan Jordanian citizenship Jordanian Religion of Islam Father Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein Mother Rania the servant of Allah Ouch Hashem bin Abdullah II A sister. [24], On 4 May 1948, Abdullah, as a part of the effort to seize as much of Palestine as possible, sent in the Arab Legion to attack the Israeli settlements in the Etzion Bloc. Instead, he laid siege to town. Between 1916 and 1918, he played a key role as architect and planner of the Great Arab Revolt against Ottoman rule that was led by his father Sharif Hussein. In the following year, he became deputy for Mecca in the parliament established by the Young Turks, acting as an intermediary between his father and the Ottoman government. I will take over the whole country and you will be represented in my parliament. These suspects included Colonel Abdullah at-Tell, who had been Governor of Jerusalem, and several others including Musa Ahmad al-Ayubbi, a Jerusalem vegetable merchant who had fled to Egypt in the days following the assassination. Some sources state that his birth date was on 22 September. However, the British resident Alec Kirkbride warned Emir Abdullah against such a "public rebuke of the heir to the throne", a warning which Emir Abdullah reluctantly accepted and then proceeded to appoint Talal as regent when the Emir was on leave.[46]. [8][21], Abdullah's essay titled "As the Arabs see the Jews" in The American Magazine, six months before the onset of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War[22], The claim has, however, been strongly disputed by Israeli historian Efraim Karsh. "[47] Because of widespread popular opinion of Talal, Prince Naif was not given British support to succeed the Emir. Title. Michael T. Thornhill, ‘Abdullah ibn Hussein (1882–1951)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008. On 11 August, the Prime Minister of Jordan announced that ten men would be tried in connection with the assassination. He used the military intervention to restore his prestige in the Arab world, which had grown suspicious of his relatively good relationship with Western and Jewish leaders. He was a 38th-generation direct descendant of Muhammad, as he belongs to the Hashemite family. A medal that had been pinned to Hussein's chest at his grandfather's insistence deflected the bullet and saved his life. With very minor exceptions, Jews have lived for many centuries in the Middle East, in complete peace and friendliness with their Arab neighbours. Queen Rania was born Rania Al-Yassin in Kuwait on August 31, 1970. Jerusalem sources added that Col. el-Tell had been in close contact with the former Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Amin al-Husayni, and his adherents in the Kingdom of Egypt and in the All-Palestine protectorate in Gaza. Abdullah passed away on July 20 1951, at age 69 in Al Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem. [25][27] Abdullah was especially anxious to take Jerusalem as compensation for the loss of the guardianship of Mecca, which had traditionally been held by the Hashemites until Ibn Saud seized the Hejaz in 1925. Rogan and Shlaim. Contemporary media reports attributed the assassination to a secret order based in Jerusalem known only as "the Jihad". Place of birth: They had two children: In 1949, Abdullah married his third wife, Nahda bint Uman, a lady from Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, in Amman. 2.7m Followers, 3 Following, 714 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Al Hussein bin Abdullah II (@alhusseinjo) Abdullah II bin al-Hussein (arabă عبدالله الثاني بن الحسين; n. 30 ianuarie 1962, Amman, Iordania) este actualul rege al Regatului Hașemit al Iordaniei.Se află la conducerea țării de la decesul tatălui său, regele Hussein… Background Actor A post shared by Al Hussein bin Abdullah … Born in Mecca, Hejaz, Ottoman Empire, Abdullah was the second of four sons of Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, and his first wife, Abdiyya bint Abdullah. In 1904, Abdullah married his first wife, Musbah bint Nasser (1884 – 15 March 1961), at Stinia Palace, İstinye, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. This idea received some positive reception among the British, but ultimately rejected as Baghdad's domination of Jordan was viewed as unfavorable by the British Foreign Office due to fear of "Arab republicanism". Abdullah was crowned King of Jordan in 1999. "[26] Abdullah too found the coming war to be unfortunate, in part because he "preferred a Jewish state [as Transjordan's neighbour] to a Palestinian Arab state run by the mufti."[25]. [citation needed] It is possible that he might have been willing to sign a separate peace agreement with Israel, but for the Arab League's militant opposition. Abdullah led a force of 5,000 tribesmen but they did not have the weapons or discipline for a full attack. She comes from a Palestinian family in Tulkarm that had to flee from Kuwait due to the Gulf War in 1991. "al-Husseini, Hajj (Muhammad) Amin." [11] In early 1917, Abdullah ambushed an Ottoman convoy in the desert, and captured £20,000 worth of gold coins that were intended to bribe the Bedouin into loyalty to the Sultan. He ascended the throne on 7 February 1999 upon the death of his father King Hussein. [9], Abdullah maintained contact with the British throughout the First World War and in 1915 encouraged his father to enter into correspondence with Sir Henry McMahon, British high commissioner in Egypt, about Arab independence from Turkish rule. In 1947, when the UN supported partition of Palestine into one Jewish and one Arab state, Abdullah was the only Arab leader supporting the decision. Abdullah bin Al Hussein, II Biography Title: King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Position: Pro to the question "Is a Two-State Solution (Israel and Palestine) an Acceptable Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?" Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Articles Cited by Co-authors. The son of a local coffee shop owner named Abdul Qadir Farhat identified the revolver as belonging to his father. [37] Once Hussein became king, the assassination of Abdullah was said to have influenced Hussein not to enter peace talks with Israel in the aftermath of the Six-Day War in order to avoid a similar fate. She has two other siblings who were raised in Tulkarm as well. [9] Abdullah began his role in the Revolt by attacking the Ottoman garrison at Ta'if on 10 June 1916. Voyager sciences lieutenant Rogan and Shlaim. The persecution of the Jews has been confined almost entirely to the Christian nations of the West. On 16 July 1951, Riad Bey Al Solh, a former Prime Minister of Lebanon, had been assassinated in Amman, where rumours were circulating that Lebanon and Jordan were discussing a joint separate peace with Israel. He then joined the siege of Medina commanding a force of 4,000 men based to the east and north-east of the town. My … View the profiles of people named Abdullah Al Hussein. [19][20] This partition plan was supported by British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin who preferred to see Abdullah's territory increased at the expense of the Palestinians rather than risk the creation of a Palestinian state headed by the Mufti of Jerusalem Mohammad Amin al-Husayni. Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein (Arabic: الملك عبد الله الثاني بن الحسين‎, al-Malik ʿAbdullāh aṯ-ṯānī bin al-Ḥusayn; born 30 January 1962) is the reigning King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The Hashemites are the oldest ruling dynasty in the Muslim world. (Star Trek Monthly issue 16), Abdullah's cameo was arranged as a surprise for him by his US advisor. Abdullah's about the Great Arab Revolt[7], In 1910, Abdullah persuaded his father to stand, successfully, for Grand Sharif of Mecca, a post for which Hussein acquired British support. [9], When French forces captured Damascus at the Battle of Maysalun and expelled his brother Faisal, Abdullah moved his forces from Hejaz into Transjordan with a view to liberating Damascus, where his brother had been proclaimed King in 1918. Stories from the Life of Aba Abdullah al-Hussein, Hazrat Imam Husayn (as), Ya Aba Abdillah Imam Hussain (pbuh) Made Muawiya's Scheme Fail in Marrying Urainab to Yazid, Abu Darda Imam Hossein (a.s.) and Kindness on Animals, Wasilah, Tawassul (Intercession) of Imam Hussein He became king after Transjordan was granted independence in 1946 (the country's name became simply Jordan in 1949). 96 hours later, on 20 July 1951, while visiting Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, Abdullah was shot dead by a Palestinian from the Husseini clan,[27] who had passed through apparently heavy security. [39][40] According to Alec Kirkbride, the British Resident in Amman, Ashu was a "former terrorist", recruited for the assassination by Zakariyya Ukah, a livestock dealer and butcher. [50], The coup, if it was a coup at all, failed due to lack of British support and because of the interference of Glubb Pasha to stop it. [38], The assassin, who was shot dead by the king's bodyguards, was a 21-year-old tailor's apprentice named Mustafa Shukri Ashu. Three of the suspects, including Musa Abdullah Husseini, were from the prominent Palestinian Husseini family, leading to speculation that the assassins were part of a mandate-era opposition group. [3] During the Arab Revolt of 1916–18, Abdullah commanded the Arab Eastern Army. [10] The garrison consisted of 3,000 men with ten 75-mm Krupp guns. King Abdullah bin Al-Hussein (1882-1951) King Abdullah, the founder of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, will always be held in the pages of history as a unique and monumental figure during the newly emerging era of the contemporary Arab World. In 1967, el-Tell received a full pardon from King Hussein. Her father is Faisal Sedki Al-Yassin who worked as a physician while her mother is Ilham Yassin. 30 January 1962 "Israel and the Arab coalition in 1948." [8] This correspondence in turn led to the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans. On 25 May 1946, the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan (renamed the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on 26 April 1949) was proclaimed independent. Born in Amman on January 30, 1962, King Abdullah is the eldest son of His Majesty King Hussein Bin Talal and Her Royal Highness Princess Muna Al Hussein. Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein is the 41st direct descendent of Prophet Muhammad and the present king of Jordan. Abdullah's grandson, Prince Hussein, was at his side and was hit too. They had three children: In 1913, Abdullah married his second wife, Suzdil Khanum (d. 16 August 1968), at Istanbul, Turkey. [23], Historian Graham Jevon discusses the Shlaim and Karsh interpretations of the critical meeting and accepts that there may not have been a "firm agreement" as posited by Shlaim while claiming it is clear that the parties openly discussed the possibility of a Hashemite-Zionist accommodation and further says it is "indisputable" that the Zionists confirmed that they were willing to accept Abdullah's intention. Abdullah annexed the conquered Palestinian territory and granted the Palestinian Arab residents in Jordan Jordanian citizenship. [42], The Jordanian prosecutor asserted that Colonel el-Tell, who had been living in Cairo since January 1950, had given instructions that the killer, made to act alone, be slain at once thereafter, to shield the instigators of the crime.