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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 Hashemites, who have been the reigning royal family of Jordan since 1921, and is considered a 41st-generation direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
The King goes on to detail his formative years, from his time at a US boarding school to his military career in Zarqa and his marriage proposal to Rania Yassin on Tal Rumman. In the first two parts of the memoir, covering the King's childhood up to his ascension to the Throne, King Hussein offers his son lessons in diplomacy. When King Hussein ...
The order of succession to the Saudi Arabian throne is determined by, and within, the House of Saud.Every King of Saudi Arabia, upon his death, has been succeeded by the crown prince, with a new crown prince then being appointed according to a loose form of agnatic seniority among the sons of Ibn Saud, though various members of the family have been bypassed for various reasons.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden will meet Middle East ally, Jordan's King Abdullah II, at the White House on Monday with prospects for a Gaza ceasefire appearing slim and Palestinian ...
Abdullah I bin Al-Hussein (Arabic: عبد الله الأول بن الحسين, romanized: ʿAbd Allāh al-Awwal bin al-Ḥusayn, 2 February 1882 – 20 July 1951) was the ruler of Jordan from 11 April 1921 until his assassination in 1951.
The appointment of a successor by the King was usually done with some form of informal consensus among members of the royal family. [4] However, after Prince Abdullah succeeded Fahd as King, the behind-the-scenes battles over the future of the monarchy intensified, particularly between Prince Abdullah and the Sudairi princes, including Prince Sultan and late Prince Nayef.
King of Saudi Arabia r. 1932–1953: Saud 1902–1969 King of Saudi Arabia r. 1953–1964: Faisal 1906–1975 King of Saudi Arabia r. 1964–1975: Khalid 1913–1982 King of Saudi Arabia r. 1975–1982: Fahd 1920, 1921, or 1923–2005 King of Saudi Arabia r. 1982–2005: Abdullah 1924–2015 King of Saudi Arabia r. 2005–2015: Salman b. 1935 ...
More than 700 guests are expected to attend the coronation, including Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and Bahrain King Hamad Isa al Khalifa. The ceremony will be followed by a royal banquet later ...