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Richard Hess, on the other hand, asserts that "the Transjordanian tribes were not in the land of promise." [12] Moshe Weinfeld argues that in the Book of Joshua, the Jordan is portrayed as "a barrier to the promised land", [10] but in Deuteronomy 1:7 and 11:24, the Transjordan is an "integral part of the promised land." [13]
The Emirate of Transjordan (Arabic: إمارة شرق الأردن, romanized: Imārat Sharq al-Urdun, lit. 'the emirate east of the Jordan'), officially known as the Amirate of Trans-Jordan, was a British protectorate established on 11 April 1921, [4] [1] [2] which remained as such until achieving formal independence as the Kingdom of Transjordan in 1946.
The Kingdom of Jordan, originally established as the Emirate of Transjordan, was created after World War I by the victorious colonial powers. Its territory was carved out in 1921 from lands that were part of British-ruled Palestine, which itself was formed from the remnants of the Ottoman Empire. [1]
The defeat of the second Transjordan attack on Shunet Nimrin and Es Salt and the withdrawal to the Jordan Valley on 3 to 5 May, marked the end of major operations until September 1918. [ 1 ] The focus shifted to the German spring offensive launched by Ludendorff on the Western Front , which began the same day as the First Transjordan attack on ...
Transjordan in the Bible, an area east of the Jordan River mentioned in the Hebrew Bible The East Bank of the Jordan (song) , a song written by Ze'ev Jabotinsky , the Revisionist Zionist leader. Topics referred to by the same term
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. City in West Bank Ariel אֲרִיאֵל أريئيل City (from 1998) Hebrew transcription(s) • ISO 259 ʔariˀel Ariel Location of Ariel Show map of the Northern West Bank Ariel Ariel (the West Bank) Show map of the West Bank Coordinates: 32°6′22″N 35°11′16″E / 32.10611°N ...
Transjordan Syria Lebanon Saudi Arabia Kingdom of Yemen Holy War Army ALA Israel: Partial victory [1] (overall Arab defeat) Tactical and strategic Arab failure; 1949 Armistice Agreements; Jordanian annexation of the West Bank
On 25 May 1946 the Transjordan became the "Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan" when the ruling 'Amir' was re-designated as 'King' by the parliament of Transjordan on the day it ratified the Treaty of London. 25 May is still celebrated as independence day in Jordan although legally the mandate for Transjordan ended on 17 June 1946 when, in ...