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  ipedia.com: Emir Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Emir (also sometimes rendered as Amir or Ameer, Arabic commander) is a title of nobility historically used in Islamic nations of the Middle East and North Africa.
Emir is also the term used by the Kuwaiti al-Sabah dynasty to refer to their ruling monarch since their independence on June 19, 1961.
For example, before being crowned as King Abdullah of Jordan, the son of King Hussein was referred to as "Emir Abdullah".
www.ipedia.com /emir.html   (303 words)

  
 Abdullah II: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Abdullah has attempted to improve Jordan's flagging economy and has supported an independent Palestinian state while maintaining relatively cordial relations with Israel.
Abdullah II, King of Jordan--Interviews, Jordan--Politics and government, Kings and rulers--Interviews, Rania, Queen of Jordan--Interviews
King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan talked to Mariam Shahin exclusively...after the death of his father King Hussein was announced, Abdullah II took the oath to serve as the fourth monarch of the Hashemite...
www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/abdullah-ii.jsp?l=A&p=1   (1757 words)

  
 Ethiopian Treasures - Harar City Wall - Harar
In 1647, Emir Ali ibn Daud took control the city and established an autonomous administration.
Emir Abdullah took control and led a campaign against the Egyptians, which ended in 1885.
Menelik defeated the Emir at the Battle of Chelenko in 1887.
www.ethiopiantreasures.toucansurf.com /pages/harar.htm   (478 words)

  
 Palestine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The sheikhs, who had earlier pledged their loyalty to the Sharif, asked the British to undertake the region's administration.
Herbert Samuel asked for the extension of the Palestine government's authority to Transjordan, but at meetings in Cairo and Jerusalem between Winston Churchill and Emir Abdullah in March 1921 it was agreed that Abdullah would administer the territory (initially for six months only) on behalf of the Palestine administration.
In the summer of 1921 Transjordan was included within the Mandate, but excluded from the provisions for a Jewish National Home.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Palestine   (4931 words)

  
 Zionism And Its Impact By Ann M. Lesch
Emir Abdullah subsequently annexed the zone that his army occupied, renaming it the WEST BANK.
The dispossession and expulsion of a majority of Palestinians were the result of Zionist policies planned over a thirty-year period.
In line with that thinking, Weizmann met with Emir Faysal in the same year, in an attempt to win his agreement to Jewish statehood in Palestine in return for Jewish financial support for Faysal as ruler of Syria and Arabia.
www.palestineremembered.com /Acre/Palestine-Remembered/Story452.html   (6277 words)

  
 Palestine - The Peace Encyclopedia
In what the relevant file of the League of Nations describes as the "Trans-Jordan province of Palestine," a local administration was established within the Palestine Mandate, headed by the Emir Abdullah, older brother of King Feisal of Iraq.
Jews were not allowed from that moment on to establish or live in Trans-Jordan.
Later the loss of the "West Bank" territory - the province of Samaria and Judea - which the British led army of King Abdullah of Transjordan occupied in 1948, and which Israel liberated in 1967 represents 4,5% of Palestine.
www.yahoodi.com /peace/palestine.html   (9265 words)

  
 Israel Commentary: November 2004 Archives
That far greater portion was arbitrarily and illegally handed over to the British hand picked Emir Abdullah to form a totally fictitious new entity called Transjordan.
This area later became the current kingdom of Jordan now under present king Abdullah who is the great grandson of the Emir Abdullah.
Also, please note the disparate and barely connected three portions that were to become the new Israel.
www.israel-commentary.org /archives/2004_11.html   (9835 words)

  
 1946 - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
May 21 - Radiation accident in Los Alamos laboratory; Dr Louis Slotin saves his coworkers but receives a fatal dose of radiation.
May 25 - The parliament of Transjordan makes emir Abdullah their king.
May 31 - Greece referendum supports return of monarchy
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/1/9/4/1946.html   (2518 words)

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