emirate · Anatolia and the Levant
Emirate of Transjordan
Origins
After the French expelled his brother Faisal from Damascus, Abdullah, son of Sharif Husayn of Mecca, arrived at Ma'an with followers in late 1920. At the Cairo conference of March 1921 Winston Churchill agreed that he would govern the land east of the Jordan under British mandate, separate from Mandatory Palestine.
Rule and society
Abdullah built a state from Bedouin tribes and small towns, making Amman his capital. Britain controlled finance and foreign affairs and funded the Arab Legion, built up by Frederick Peake and later John Glubb. The 1922 mandate memorandum excluded Transjordan from the provisions for a Jewish national home. A 1928 treaty and organic law established a legislative council.
Decline and legacy
Britain recognised the emirate's independence by the Treaty of London of March 1946, and on 25 May Abdullah was proclaimed king of what became, from 1949, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Lineage
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- Emirate of Transjordan was a protectorate of British Empire1921 CE – 1946 CE
- Emirate of Transjordan was part of Mandatory Palestine1922 CE – 1946 CE
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