Jordan

Hussein made King of 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.

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A Failed Coup in 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

Hussein made King of 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.

Published in History Today, Volume: 52 Issue: 8, 2002

Jordan Formally Annexes the West Bank

Richard Cavendish describes the events leading up to Jordan's annexation of the West Bank, on April 24th, 1950.

Published in History Today, Volume: 50 Issue: 4, 2000

Jordan's Milk and Honey

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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