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Ancestry

King Hussein Bin Talal bin Abdullah bin Abdullah bin Ali bin Mohammed bin Abdul Maeen bin Awn bin Mohsen bin Abdullah ibn al-Hussein bin Abdullah bin Hassan bin Mohammed bin Abu Nami II bin Barakat bin Mohammed bin Barakat bin Hassan bin Ajlan Bin Rumeitha bin Mohammed bin Abu Nami I ibn al-Hasan bin Ali bin Akbar bin Qatada bin Idris bin Mataan bin Abdul Karim bin Isa ibn al-Hussein bin Suleiman Bin Ali bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al-Thaer ibn Musa II bin Abdullah Al-Rida bin Musa Al-Joun ibn Abdullah Al-Mahd Ben Hassan Muthanna bin Hassan bin Ali bin Abi Talib Al - Hashimi Al - Qurashi

Personal life

Born in Amman on 14 November 1935, he was the eldest son of Prince Talal Bin Abdullah and Princess Zain Al Sharaf Bint Jamil. He was born in his simple five-room house and close to the Raghdan Palace                 Brothers: Mohammed bin Talal - Hassan bin Talal                 His sisters: Asmaa bint Talal - Basma bint Talal                 Study                 During his elementary school, he moved from kindergarten to six schools. His grandfather King Abdullah wanted him to join the Harrow School, where Winston Churchill graduated, after completing his primary education. But it was decided to send him to Victoria College in Alexandria, Egypt, which was run according to the official British systems. After the assassination of his grandfather, he was transferred to Harrow School in England, fearing for his life because of the suspicion of Egypt's involvement in the assassination of his grandfather. He was 16 years old, and was above the age of the students there. In Harwa he studied with Prince Faisal II, heir to Iraq's throne. She lived her time in the Park House and under the supervision of Mr. Stevenson. While he was studying there, a rover was given to him by one of his father's friends. However, because of the ban on cars in Harrow, he was left in the garage of Morris Reynor, an English mechanic, who became a close friend and later traveled with his wife to Jordan to supervise and maintain Hussein's cars. Al-Husain's relationship with Fawzi al-Mulqi, the Jordanian ambassador in London, was documented at the time, which disturbed the supervisor of Hussein's residence, who regarded the al-Maliki as an ambitious left-wing nationalist.

Reign

King Talal's eldest son, Prince Talal, was crowned successor to him. He was crown prince. But within a year, King Talal was forced to step down due to pain. He was later declared King of Jordan on August 11, 1952 and was not of legal age. Al-Husain was in Switzerland with his mother, brother and sister, before his seventeenth birthday in three months. The book was delivered to him by the hotel manager on a silver tray on August 12, in a cover written by His Majesty King Hussein.

Internal and external policy

He came from his position as king with the revolutionary tide that dominated the Arab arena with the victory of the Free Officers Movement in Egypt, which was only the Arabs of the Arab Army leadership in 1956, which included the exemption of Globe Pasha from his duties to Arabize the army leadership. To exploit the English rules in Jordan to attack Egypt. In 1958, the Hashemite Union between Iraq and Jordan was announced, but it lasted only about six months after the overthrow of the monarchy in Iraq by a military revolution.                 

                In April 1957, a failed Jordanian military coup attempt broke out, leading to violent confrontations on 13 April 1957 in the army barracks in Zarqa between Bedouin units, mostly pro-Hussein and Arab nationalist units led by Abu Nawar, against the Jordanian regime                 

                In 1967, Jordanian army commanders were ordered to vacate their positions in the West Bank following the defeat of the Egyptian and Syrian Arab forces in the June War. The Jordanian army suffered a significant loss of life and equipment due to Arab disagreements and conflicting commands from the Arab Joint Forces Command. The air cover promised by Egypt and Syria, but the Jordanian soldiers insisted on fighting in defense of Jerusalem, where hundreds of them were martyred on the walls of Jerusalem, and in his reign also fought the Jordanian army with the forces of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Israel, which won the Jordanian army, and considered this the first defeat of the invincible army has led the battle on the ground and refused to cease the fire until the withdrawal of the last Israeli soldier.                 

                At the local level
                Since his assumption of power, he has focused on building economic and industrial infrastructure. This has led to the development of major industries in phosphate, potash and cement, and has established a network of roads covering all parts of the Kingdom. The percentage of educated persons rose to 85.5% in 1996, up from 33% in 1960. According to UNICEF statistics, during its reign, Jordan achieved the world's fastest annual rate of under-age mortality from 70 deaths per 1,000 births in 1981 to 37 deaths per 1,000 births in 1991.

Hobbies

He was a distinguished pilot who led his private jet several times. He was also a motorcycle leader and a brilliant race car driver. He also liked water sports, skiing, tennis. He was also a radio fan and known as jy1. He surfed the Internet and was familiar with his political relations and history. , International law, military science and aviation arts

Writings

Uneasy lies the head: 1962, Arabization: Hisham Abdullah "It is not easy to be a king - a biography."                 
My War With Israel: Released in 1969.                 
Mon Metier de Roi: 1975: Arabization: Ghazi Ghazil "My Profession as King - Royal Conversations with Faridoun Sahib Jam".                  Book My Profession as King. "

Speech

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Death

On February 7, 1999, he died of cancer and had suffered from it for several years. He visited the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, for treatment. Shortly before his death, his brother, Prince Hassan bin Talal, was deposed from the crown prince and his eldest son, Prince Abdullah, was appointed Crown Prince. His funeral was celebrated on February 8 after a final look at the royal chamber of the ruling family. The funeral was attended by a large number of leaders of Arab and Western countries and many former presidents