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Transjordan or Transjordania: see Jordan Jordan, officially Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, kingdom (2005 est. pop. 5,760,000), 35,637 sq mi (92,300 sq km), SW Asia. It borders on Israel and the West Bank in the west, on Syria in the north, on Iraq in the northeast, and on Saudi Arabia in the east and south. ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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West Bank" came into use only after Transjordanian forces seized the territory in the 1948-49 war they launched against the newly declared State of Israel and after King Abdullah decided to annex it. But as Greenwood has argued, this strategy seems to be aimed also at mollifying and co-opting key constituencies such as Transjordanians and the business community. As a result, the post-1950 social hierarchy in Jordan was composed of three main segments: the ruling Hashemites; a now expanded Transjordanian community which included, in addition to the indigenous Transjordanians, assimilated Palestinian, Syrian, and Hijazi communities that had moved to Transjonian before 1948; and a large Palestinian community whose loyalty to the kingdom has at times been suspect. |
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