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From Abdullah to Hussein: Jordan in Transition (Studies in Middle Eastern History) Book

A study of the six-year period in modern Jordanian political history when the Hashemite kingdom was in crisis. Based on interviews and archival resources it provides an examination of the early years of King Hussein's rule when power rested in the hands of the King's advisors.Read More

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    This book examines the most turbulent period in the history of Jordan's ruling house, the six years following the assassination of the kingdom's founder, Abdullah (1951-1957). Those years witnessed the country's lone episode of weak monarchy, when the king--the novice Hussein or his ill-starred father, Talal--was not the preeminent political actor in the land. Rather, it was during that time at the regime was left in the hands of a mix of Palestinian, Transjordanian, and Circassian royalists who had never before wielded executive authority inside the kingdom. Based on exclusive interviews and newly released archival resources, this book traces the only two royal successions in Jordanian history: the eleven-month reign of the little-known Talal, and the early years of King Hussein.

  • 0195080270
  • 9780195080278
  • Robert B. Satloff
  • 14 April 1994
  • OUP USA
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 272
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