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  Hashemite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hashemite is the Anglicised version of the Arabic: هاشمي (transliteration: Hashemi) and traditionally refers to those belonging to the Banu Hashim, or "clan of Hashem", a clan within the larger Quraish tribe.
From the 10th century onwards, the Sharif (religious leader) of Mecca and its Emir was by traditional agreement a Hashemite.
The Hashemites have strong tribal relationship with an tribe from Somalia, called the Darod in Somali or in Arabic the Banu Dawud.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hashemite   (486 words)

  
 Shilohouse - The Hashemite Dynasty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Hashemite royal family is interwoven into the life of Jordan, having established the modern state in 1921.
The Hashemites, or “Bani Hashem,” are descendants of the Arab chieftain Quraysh, a descendant of the Prophet Ismail (
Moreover, King Hussein’s branch of the Hashemite family ruled the holy city of Mecca from 1201 CE until 1925 CE, although they recognized the sovereignty of the Ottoman sultan in 1517.
www.shilohouse.org /hashemite.htm   (1611 words)

  
 Brief History of the Hashemite Kingdom
Arabs spoke of the Hashemites as a household of generosity, merit, and leadership.
The Hashemites, or Bani Hashem (sons of Hashem) were able to present themselves as the capable leadership, that has the ability to manage the pilgrimage and other seasons, such as Souk Ukaz - a political, social, economic, and cultural event, resembling present cultural events and international exhibition.
The Hashemites were soon to lead a new dawn for Arabs, thus regaining glory of the Arabs at the beginning of the twentieth century.
www.chn-net.com /timeline/history_hashemite.html   (2263 words)

  
 The Hashemite Royal Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Hashemites, or Bani Hashem, are descendants of the Arab chieftain Quraysh, a descendant of the Prophet Ismail, himself the son of the Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham).
The Hashemites are thus the direct descendants of the Prophet through his daughter Fatima and her husband Ali bin Abi Talib, who was also the Prophets paternal first cousin and the fourth caliph of Islam.
King Abdullah, the founder of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, will always be held in the pages of history as a unique and monumental figure during the newly emerging era of the contemporary Arab World.
members.tripod.com /jor_guide/id8.html   (3500 words)

  
 As Iraq Awaits Saddam's Downfall, King Hussein Revives Hashemite Claim
In a commitment to the integrity of Iraq as one sovereign nation within the existing borders, the king claimed that the Hashemites, during their 37-year rule of Iraq, unified all elements and ethnic and religious groups of Iraqi society.
The Saudis also worry that a strong Hashemite power eventually might renew a claim to their western Hijaz region, with the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.
And history's sole surviving Hashemite monarch seems unlikely to promote a Takriti thug to the position taken so violently from his cousin and boyhood friend on a bloody July day 37 years ago.
www.washington-report.org /backissues/0196/9601025.html   (1441 words)

  
 Nursing Program and Breast Cancer Research Link Jordan’s Hashemite University to New Jersey’s Felician College
Mary Norton, Associate Professor of Nursing at Felician College in New Jersey, and Dr. Wasileh Petro-Nustas, Associate Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Nursing at Hashemite University in Zarka, Jordan, met this week to discuss a long-term collaboration between the colleges.
Prior to her position as Associate Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Nursing at Hashemite University, Petro-Nustas served as Director of Nursing at the University of Jordan Hospital, Vice-Dean of the University of Jordan Faculty of Nursing, and Chairperson of the Department of Community Health Nursing.
Hashemite University, founded by a Royal Decree in 1991, is considered a premier educational site with a facility so large that Ross Perot has plans to build an industrial park which will also serve to train engineering students.
www.felician.edu /news/stories/082000/08072000.htm   (923 words)

  
 David Pryce-Jones on Iraq & Hashemites on National Review Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Stung, King Abdullah said that his uncle had "blundered," and as a result "we're all picking up the pieces." Rushing in panic to Washington and London, Abdullah is currently pleading that war against Iraq would be a "tremendous mistake" and "the whole thing might unravel." Rumors circulate that he is in Saddam's pocket.
Probably he is afraid that a Hashemite federation of Jordan and Iraq might after all be created, with his uncle becoming supremo.
Restoration of a Hashemite to the throne of Iraq has its logic at a time when rulers and boundaries are in question.
www.nationalreview.com /02sept02/pryce-jones090202.asp   (1579 words)

  
 Hashemite (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Image:Hashemitearms.jpg The Hashemites trace their ancestry from Hashim (died c.510 CE), the great-grandfather of the Muslim prophet Muhammad.
Before World War I Husain ibn Ali of the Hashemite Dhawu-'Awn clan ruled the Hejaz on behalf of the Ottoman sultan.
The Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq lasted from 1921 to 1958, and a line of Hashemite kings have been ruling Transjordan, now Jordan, since 1921.
hashemite.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888   (402 words)

  
 DEBKAfile - Hashemite Dynasty Shows the Flag at Gulf of Aqaba
The most revered Hashemite line then passed through Hassan, son of the Prophet’s daughter Fatima and her husband Ali, the fourth caliph.
Faisal was assassinated on July 14, 1958 in a military coup that soon led to the rise of Saddam Hussein at the head of the Baath regime.
It is a symbolic restatement that the Hashemite claim to the Gulf and Hijaz lands on its eastern coast remains in force.
www.debka.com /article.php?aid=921   (1174 words)

  
 the hashemite plan - trail talk - thebackpacker.com
ISLAMABAD -- The United States is working on a plan to merge Iraq and Jordan into a unitary kingdom to be ruled by the Hashemite dynasty headed by King Abdullah of Jordan with Amman as the capital of the proposed new country, reveals a startling report made available here on Friday.
The idea to unite Jordan and Iraq in a pro-US Hashemite kingdom after an American war is aimed at "ensuring a stable post-war Iraq", according to Stratfor, a strategic forecasting think tank based in the US.
The richest oil areas would not go to the Hashemite kingdom but to a widely autonomous Kurdish region that still will be formally a part of the Hashemite state.
www.thebackpacker.com /trailtalk/thread/16472,-1.php   (1244 words)

  
 Iraq Opposition Officers Connect with a Hashemite Prince to Replace Saddam (Jordan Participates!)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
First, a Hashemite Iraq, with its enormous oil and natural gas wealth, with an educated population, and a traditionally vibrant middle class will serve as a countervailing balance to the dominance of Saudi Arabia in the area and in the oil world.
(11) The long-standing association of the Hashemite family with the West and Israel was underscored in the Al-Jazeera debate referred to in footnote 9 by As’ad Abu-Khalil, identified as professor of political science at the University of California.
The lapse of time since the overthrow of the Hashemites in 1958 is twice as long as the interval between the overthrow of Louis XVI in 1792 and the restoration of his brother in 1814; most Iraqis are not old enough to remember the monarchy.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/738447/posts   (2129 words)

  
 The Washington Times - Jordan
The Hashemite royal family established the modern state of Jordan in 1921 and is an integral part of the life of the kingdom.
King Abdullah’s branch of the Hashemite family ruled the holy city of Mecca from 1201 until 1925, although they recognized the sovereignty of the Ottoman sultan in 1517.
The emirate of Transjordan was founded in 1921 and became the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan upon independence from Britain in 1946.
www.internationalspecialreports.com /middleeast/99/jordan/8.html   (271 words)

  
 Hashemite University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HU was named after The Hashemite Arab family (The Royal Family of Jordan) of the great Grandfather of Prophet Mohammad.
The Hashemite University (HU) is the fifth state university in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
The Hashemite University adopts the credit-hour system which is characterized by flexibility and the freedom of choice and variety it provides to students.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hashemite_University   (651 words)

  
 Maps of the Moselm/Hasemite Kingdom
653), of the Hashemite clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca.
In July 1917 the army of Prince Faysal ibn Husayn (of the Hashemite dynasty) captured al-'Aqabah, and by October 1918 Amman and Damascus were in Allied hands.
A new constitution was promulgated, and in 1949 the name of the state was changed to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
www.chn-net.com /teaching/endtimes/mapmusl.html   (4429 words)

  
 Jordan's Stunning Change: The Shift in Hashemite Succession, The Estimate, January 29, 1999
The general outline of the issues involved in the Hashemite succession were discussed in the Dossier cited earlier.
The King's January 25 letter informing Hassan of his removal was quite long and, in the view of some observers, aired a bit of the Hashemite family's dirty linen in public.
Although 'Abdullah was technically the heir presumptive under the constitution after his birth, in 1965 King Hussein named his brother Hassan as Crown Prince, providing a greater sense of stability than a very young heir to the throne would have done.
www.theestimate.com /public/012999.html   (2658 words)

  
 The Hashemite-Sharon Conspiracy
But nevertheless, the Hashemites are plenty glad at the moment that they feel they have neutralized the former Likud approach to calling their Kingdom "Palestine" and that they have engaged Sharon, regardless of his bloody past, in a series of under-the-table deals and arrangements.
What is really going on is nothing less than a continuation of the long-time conspiracy involving the Hashemites and the Zionists to sandwich the Palestinian between them, depriving the Palestinians of real self-determination even while Arafat's "Palestinian Authority" continues to be allowed to pretend it is on the way to an independent Palestinian State.
Symbolically worst of all, the Hashemites show no sensitivity at all to the fact that among their main Israeli interlocutors is none other than Ariel Sharon, the most notorious of the Israeli Generals accused of war crimes and quite literally a butcher of Palestinians during his long military career.
www.middleeast.org /archives/1998_11_09.htm   (905 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: Uniting Jordan, Iraq post-war goal?
An idea to unite Jordan and Iraq in a pro-U.S. Hashemite kingdom after a U.S. war is being floated in diplomatic and opposition circles, reports Stratfor, the global intelligence company.
As discussed in the Israeli media, the richest oil areas would go not to the Hashemite kingdom but to a widely autonomous Kurdish region that still could be formally a part of the Hashemite state.
Washington then would be able to offer the new Hashemite kingdom as a model for other Arab states, combining what the Arab masses see as the advantages of a traditional monarchy with the benefits of a U.S. alliance.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=29077   (1227 words)

  
 Eamonn Fitzgerald's Rainy Day: The Hashemite option
One story doing the rounds of the blogosphere these days centres on the role Jordan might play.
Well, until his assassination in 1958, the Hashemite King Faisal II was the head of state of Iraq.
The late King Hussein of Jordan, father of the current King Abdullah, was Faisal's cousin, and the heir to the Iraqi throne so the return of a constitutional monarchy to Iraq could be an option.
www.eamonn.com /2002/05/the_hashemite_option.htm   (120 words)

  
 Medals of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (IEPE)
In June 1916, Amir Hussein ibn Ali, Grand Sherif of Mecca since 1908, launched the Arab aspect of the war against the Ottoman Empire, as their contribuition to the Great War and, more importantly, as the first phase in the Arab struggle for independence (in which they were initially happy to have British assistance).
In 1925, the order was modified, as the Hashemite dynasty shifted its base of power and focus of authority northwards, out of the Arabian Peninsula.
The emblem of the "Arab Legion" (crossed swords with crown above) with the legend "???" or "The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan".
faculty.winthrop.edu /haynese/medals/jordan.html   (5354 words)

  
 Instapundit.com - HASHEMITE RESTORATION UPDATE:But if Jordan
But if Jordan were fully to join the effort to topple Saddam, the prize could be tempting -- and could also answer the question of who replaces Saddam.
Until his assassination in 1958, the Hashemite King Faisal II was the head of state of Iraq.
King Hussein of Jordan, father of the current King Abdullah, was Faisal's cousin, and the heir to the Iraqi throne, Sharif Ali, lives conveniently in London.
www.instapundit.com /archives/000134.php   (161 words)

  
 OTT Consulting-Worldclass Consulting Services, Organisational and Capability Development   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
This is the second incident this year whereby the The Hashemite University, Jordan has breached International Copyright Law and infringed upon OTT Consulting intellectual copyright.
Despite assurances offered by Dr. Khleef Ahmed Al-Khawaldeh, in March 2005 as the then Director, Centre for Studies, Consultations and Community Service, at The Hashemite University, Jordan that all illegally copied materials would be removed, this clearly has not been the case and the actions of their staff are today once again clear.
Despite assurances offered by Dr. Khleef Ahmed Al-Khawaldeh, Director, Centre for Studies, Consultations and Community Service, at The Hashemite University, Jordan that all illegally copied materials would be removed, this has not been the case, as OTT Consulting copyright materials are still accessible on The Hashemite University IT servers.
www.ott-consulting.co.uk /notice.htm   (1195 words)

  
 THE JORDANIAN ARMY: BETWEEN DOMESTIC AND EXTERNAL CHALLENGES
In spite of its involvement in the 1948 and 1967 wars--obviously external threats--the army has continued throughout this period to serve mainly as the regime's defender and it is mostly structured to be able to respond rapidly to domestic challenges.
This is the result of the fact that one of the major elements of King Hussein's legacy is the creation of Jordanian nationalism as a uniting force.
That ideology analyzed by this author elsewhere(2) is composed of several ingredients, one of them--attributes of sovereignty--refers to the Jordanian armed forces as a source of solidarity for Jordanians and legitimacy for the Hashemite rule.
www.biu.ac.il /SOC/besa/meria/journal/2001/issue2/jv5n2a2.html   (4094 words)

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