JORDAN
• Created by the British in 1922 as the Emirate of
Transjordania (under Abdullah) to retribute the support
of the Hashemite family in the struggle against the
Ottoman Empire
• The Hashemite claim to descend from Mohammed’s
tribe, and have been for centuries in charge of
protecting holy places such as Mecca and Medina
• Defeated by the ibn Saud in 1925
• To retribute their support, after the war, the British
put one Hashemite, Faisal, first as king of Syria and then
as king of Iraq (the coup led by in overthrew him), and
gave Transjordan to Abdullah
A land populated by Beduins, financially supported by the
British, and protected by the Arab Legion in charge of a British