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Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein [a] (born 30 January 1962) is King of Jordan, having ascended the throne on 7 February 1999.He is a member of the Hashemite, who have been the reigning royal family of Jordan since 1921, and is considered a 41st-generation direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Iman is the second child and eldest daughter of Queen Rania and King Abdullah of Jordan. While her older brother, Crown Prince Hussein , is the heir to the throne, Iman is not in the line of ...
The Prime Minister has welcomed King Abdullah II of Jordan to Downing Street, where the two leaders discussed the Middle East. The Jordanian king was visiting No 10 for the second time since Sir ...
AMMAN (Reuters) -Jordan's King Abdullah swore in a reformist government on Wednesday tasked with accelerating IMF-backed reforms and pushing through political and economic modernisation crucial to ...
The sons of Hussein bin Ali, the Grand Emir and Sharif of Mecca were set up as the kings of Iraq and Jordan in the aftermath of the Arab Revolt and World War I.. The Jordanian monarchy was set up in 1921, with Abdullah I becoming Emir of the Emirate of Transjordan, a post he held from 11 April 1921 until Transjordan gained independence on 25 May 1946 as the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan.
AMMAN (Reuters) -Jordan's King Abdullah warned on Monday of the dangers of a planned Israeli military operation in Rafah, Gaza, and reiterated his appeal for an immediate ceasefire to protect ...
Abdullah of Jordan or Abdullah bin Hussein may refer to: Abdullah I of Jordan (1882–1951), emir of Transjordan from 1921 to 1946 and then king of Jordan from 1946 to 1951 Abdullah II of Jordan (born 1962), the current king of Jordan since 1999
The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived on Thursday at the royal wedding of Jordan’s Crown Prince Al Hussein and Saudi Arabian architect Rajwa Al Saif.. On 1 June, King Abdullah’s eldest son ...