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Talal bin Abdullah (Arabic: طلال بن عبد الله, romanized: Ṭalāl bin ʻAbd Allāh; 26 February 1909 – 7 July 1972) was King of Jordan from the assassination of his father, King Abdullah I, on 20 July 1951 until his forced abdication on 11 August 1952.
With the two other possible claimants to the throne sidelined by the British (Prince Naif and King Faisal II of Iraq), Talal was poised to rule as king of Jordan upon Emir Abdullah's assassination in 1951.
Hussein bin Talal (Arabic: الحسين بن طلال, romanized: Al-Ḥusayn bin Ṭalāl; 14 November 1935 – 7 February 1999) was King of Jordan from 11 August 1952 until his death in 1999. As a member of the Hashemite dynasty, the royal family of Jordan since 1921, Hussein was a 40th-generation direct descendant of the Islamic prophet ...
- King Abdullah. Getty Images. King Abdullah has faced demands for political reform. Let's start at the top of the family tree. It is there that King Abdullah has sat since February 1999, when he succeeded his father, King Hussein bin Talal.
- Prince Hamzah bin Hussein. Getty Images. Prince Hamzah was removed as successor to the throne in 2004. Now we turn to the royal at the heart of the present family drama, Prince Hamzah.
- Queen Noor al-Hussein. Getty Images. Queen Noor took a keen interest in philanthropy during her time as King Hussein's consort. Queen Noor al-Hussein was said to be the favourite wife of the late King Hussein.
- Bassem Awadallah. Getty Images. Bassem Awadallah has held several senior positions within the Jordanian government. Bassem Awadallah was among a group of high-ranking figures who, according to state media, were arrested by the Jordanian government on 3 April.
Talal bin Abdullah (Arabic: طلال بن عبد الله, Ṭalāl ibn ʿAbdullāh; 26 February 1909 – 7 July 1972) was King of Jordan from the assassination of his father, King Abdullah I, on 20 July 1951, until he was forced to abdicate on 11 August 1952.
King Talal abdicated in favour of Hussein, who, after spending some months at Sandhurst Royal Military College in England, assumed full constitutional powers on May 2,…
Talal bin Abdullah was King of Jordan from the assassination of his father, King Abdullah I, on 20 July 1951 until his forced abdication on 11 August 1952. As a member of the Hashemite dynasty, the royal family of Jordan since 1921, Talal was a 39th-generation direct descendant of Muhammad.
