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Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Origins
Britain recognised the independence of the Emirate of Transjordan in 1946, and on 25 May the emir Abdullah I became king; the country was renamed Jordan in 1949. In the 1948 war the Arab Legion held the West Bank and East Jerusalem, which Jordan annexed in 1950.
Rule and society
Jordan is a constitutional monarchy in which the king holds wide powers. Abdullah I was assassinated in Jerusalem in 1951; after the brief reign of Talal, Hussein ruled from 1953 to 1999. Jordan lost the West Bank to Israel in 1967 and expelled the Palestinian armed groups in the conflict of Black September in 1970. It has relied on foreign aid, phosphates and remittances, and its population is largely of Palestinian origin.
To the present
Hussein signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1994. His son Abdullah II succeeded him in 1999 and has kept the monarchy stable while hosting large numbers of Iraqi and Syrian refugees.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/hashemite-kingdom-of-jordan
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