Abdullah I ibn al-Hussein (1882–1951), son of Sharif Hussein of Mecca, founded the Emirate of Transjordan in 1921 and became its first King upon independence in 1946. A scholar and a practical ruler, he built the young state's institutions.
He was assassinated at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem in 1951. Travellers who hire car & driver in Jordan see his legacy across the capital and the royal burial sites, and full package tours to Jordan explain his centrality.
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