Jordan
On August 11th, 1952, the Jordanian parliament declared that King Talal was suffering from schizophrenia and was unfit to rule and that Hussein was now King of Jordan. |
Richard Cavendish explains how plans for a coup against King Hussein ibn Talal of Jordan eventually melted away on April 13th, 1957. Published in History Today, Volume: 57 Issue: 4, 2007
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On August 11th, 1952, the Jordanian parliament declared that King Talal was suffering from schizophrenia and was unfit to rule and that Hussein was now King of Jordan. |
Richard Cavendish describes the events leading up to Jordan's annexation of the West Bank, on April 24th, 1950. |
Margaret Jervis on a new exhibition at the British Museum on the Egyptian empire. Published in History Today, Volume: 43 Issue: 9
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