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Hamzah Bin Hussein
Hamzah bin Al Hussein (; born 29 March 1980) is the fourth son of King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan overall and the first by his American-born fourth wife, Queen Noor. He was named Crown Prince of Jordan on 7 February 1999, a position he held until his older half-brother, King Abdullah II, rescinded it on 28 November 2004. He is a member of the Hashemite dynasty, the royal family of Jordan since 1921, and is a 41st-generation direct descendant of Muhammad. Hamzah is reputed to be under house arrest since April 2021, after being accused of attempting to destabilise the Kingdom of Jordan and fomenting unrest. Hamzah officially renounced his title as prince in April 2022. Biography Prince Hamzah was born on 29 March 1980 at King Hussein Medical Center in Wadi Al-Seer, Amman, Hamzah bin Al Hussein claims ancestry with the Islamic prophet Muhammad through the Hashemite family. Queen Noor states in her autobiography that she and King Hussein named Hamzah after Hamza ibn Abd al-M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crown Prince Of Jordan
The Crown Prince of Jordan is the heir apparent or heir presumptive to the throne of Jordan. The Article 28(B) of the Constitution of Jordan provides for Primogeniture#Agnatic primogeniture, agnatic primogeniture, meaning that the eldest son of the List of kings of Jordan, King automatically succeeds to the crown upon the monarch's death, unless the King has designated one of his brothers to inherit the throne as Crown Prince. Crown Princes of Jordan (1946–present) Timeline See also * Succession to the Jordanian throne References {{DEFAULTSORT:Crown Prince Of Jordan Heirs to the throne, Jordan Crown princes of Jordan, *List House of Hashim, Lists of Jordanian people, Crown Princes Modern history of Jordan, Crown Princes 1946 establishments in Jordan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wadi Al-Seer
Wadi Al-Seer or Wadi as-Seer (, meaning "Valley of the Orchards") is a valley (wadi) west of Amman, which gave its name to one of the twenty-two districts of the Greater Amman Municipality in Jordan. It is said to have taken its name from a prehistoric queen that ruled the area, Queen Seer. The district consists of ten neighborhoods, some of which are residential, others commercial or mixed. The valley: location and history Wadi as-Sir (approximate phonetic transcription Wâdī es-Sîr) is a valley descending along the eastern slopes of the Jordan Rift Valley westwards towards the Jordan River. The valley offers access to the impressive Hellenistic-period ruins of Iraq el-Amir. In 1880, Circassians resettled by the Ottomans established a village in the valley, generally known as Wadi Sir or Wadi es-Sir, but known to the British during the First World War's Sinai and Palestine campaign as Ain es Sir. The valley and the village became important landmarks during three British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supreme Order Of The Renaissance
The Supreme Order of the Renaissance (,) is the second-most senior order of merit in the Kingdom of Jordan. History The order was instituted in 1917 by Emir Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca. According to correspondence between the British Foreign Office and their agent in Jeddah in 1924, When Hussein's successor Ali of Hejaz, Ali was Saudi conquest of Hejaz, overthrown by the Sultan of Nejd, his son Abdullah I of Jordan, Abdullah continued to issue the award as Emirate of Transjordan, Emir of Transjordan. Until 1949 when the Order of Hussein bin Ali was established, the Order of the Renaissance was Transjordan's most senior award. While originally intended for those who took direct part in the Arab Revolt, it is now used as an order of merit and for senior members of the Hashemite Royal Family. Grades The Supreme Order of the Renaissance is divided in six classes : * Grand Cordon with Brilliants / Special 1st Class * Grand Cordon / 1st Class * Grand Officer / 2nd Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zahran Palace
Zahran Palace () is a palace in Amman, Jordan, built in 1957. It has hosted many royal events, such as the wedding of the current Abdullah II of Jordan, King and Queen Rania of Jordan, Queen of Jordan in 1993. In addition, celebrations of then Hamzah bin Hussein, Crown Prince Hamzah bin Hussein's wedding to Princess Noor bint Asem, Princess Noor was also held in the palace on 27 May 2004. On 1 June 2023, celebrations for Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan, Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah's wedding to Rajwa, Crown Princess of Jordan, Rajwa Al Saif took place at the palace. In 1959, it was the scene of the meeting between the then Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran and the Hussein of Jordan, King of Jordan at the time. The word ''zahran'', which translates to "blooming flower" encompasses the palace's green ground and overlooks one of Amman's oldest neighborhoods, Jabal Amman. The palace is located on Zahran Street () in Amman. It was the residence of Zein al-Sharaf bint Jamil, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crown Prince
A crown prince or hereditary prince is the heir apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. The female form of the title, crown princess, is held by a woman who is heir apparent or is married to the heir apparent. ''Crown prince'' as a descriptive term has been used throughout history for the prince who is first-in-line to a throne and is expected to succeed (i.e. the heir apparent), barring any unforeseen future event preventing this. In certain monarchies, a more specific substantive title may be accorded and become associated with the position of heir apparent (e.g. Prince of Wales in the United Kingdom, Prince of Asturias in the Spain, Kingdom of Spain and formerly the Dauphin of France, Dauphin in Kingdom of France, France). In these monarchies, the term crown prince may be used less often than the substantive title (or never). Until the late twentieth century, no modern monarchy adopted a system whereby females would be guaranteed to succeed to the throne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Hassan Bin Talal
Prince Hassan bin Talal (, born 20 March 1947) is a member of the Jordanian royal family who was previously Crown Prince from 1965 to 1999, being removed just three weeks before King Hussein's death. He is now 20th in line to succeed his nephew King Abdullah II. Background and personal life Prince El Hassan is a Prince of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. He is the third son of King Talal and Queen Zein. He is thus a younger brother of late King Hussein and uncle of the present King Abdullah II. Prince El Hassan is a descendant of Mohammed. His family is descended in patrilineage from Hassan, the elder of the two sons of Fatima Zahra and Ali, the daughter and son-in-law of Mohammed. More recent male-line ancestors served as Sharifs of Mecca. In the early 1900s, the kingdom of Hejaz was set up in western Arabia by the Western powers in order to torment the Ottoman empire, and Hassan's great-grandfather, already Grand Sharif of Mecca, was made king of this state. That ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jujitsu
Jujutsu ( , or ), also known as jiu-jitsu and ju-jitsu (both ), is a Japanese martial art and a system of close combat that can be used in a defensive or offensive manner to kill or subdue one or more weaponless or armed and armored opponents. A subset of techniques from certain styles of jujutsu were used to develop many modern martial arts and combat sports, such as judo, aikido, Sambo (martial art), sambo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, ARB (martial art), ARB, and mixed martial arts. Characteristics ":wikt:柔, Jū" can be translated as "gentle, soft, supple, flexible, pliable, or yielding", and ":wikt:術, jutsu" can be translated as "art or technique". "Jujutsu" thus has the meaning of "yielding-art", as its core philosophy is to Aiki (martial arts principle), manipulate the opponent's force against themself rather than confronting it with one's own force. Jujutsu developed to combat the samurai of feudal Japan as a method for defeating an armed and armored opponent in which on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Automobile Museum
The Royal Automobile Museum (Arabic: ''متحف السيارات الملكي'') is an automobile museum in Amman, Jordan. History Located next to the Al Hussein Public Parks, the museum was established in 2003 upon King Abdullah's wishes. The museum showcases a rare collection of Jordan's vehicles ranging from Hussein bin Ali's cars that came to Amman in 1916 to modern sports cars. The museum has the rover used in filming of Hollywood's movie '' The Martian'', which used Jordan's UNESCO world heritage site Wadi Rum Wadi Rum ( ''Wādī Ramm'', also ''Wādī al-Ramm''), known also as the Valley of the Moon ( ''Wādī al-Qamar''), is a valley cut into the sandstone and granite rock in southern Jordan, near the border with Saudi Arabia and about to the east of ... as the backdrop for the Martian scenes. The rover was gifted to Jordan in return for the hospitality with which Jordan extended to the movie cast and crew. References External links * * * {{authority control ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Basketball Federation
The Jordan Basketball Federation is the governing body of basketball in Jordan. The federation founded in 1957, represents basketball with public authorities as well as with national and international sports organizations and as such with Jordan in international competitions. It is affiliated with FIBA and FIBA Asia. The federation also organizes the Jordan national basketball team and the Jordan women's national basketball team. History Jordan joined FIBA in 1957, FIBA Asia in 1964, and the Arab Basketball Confederation The Arab Basketball Confederation () or simply ABC is a basketball association for countries in the Arab world. It organises the Arab Basketball Championship for national teams in the men and women categories, as well as club championships. Hist ... in 1974. It joined the West Asia Basketball Association in 1998. Its main league is the Jordanian Premier Basketball League. References External linksOfficial website of the Jordan Basketball Feder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvard University
Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyman John Harvard (clergyman), John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Its influence, wealth, and rankings have made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Harvard was founded and authorized by the Massachusetts General Court, the governing legislature of Colonial history of the United States, colonial-era Massachusetts Bay Colony. While never formally affiliated with any Religious denomination, denomination, Harvard trained Congregationalism in the United States, Congregational clergy until its curriculum and student body were gradually secularized in the 18th century. By the 19th century, Harvard emerged as the most prominent academic and cultural institution among the Boston B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arab Legion
The Arab Legion () was the police force, then regular army, of the Emirate of Transjordan, a British protectorate, in the early part of the 20th century, and then of the Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, an independent state, with a final Arabization of its command taking place in 1956, when British senior officers were replaced by Jordanian ones. Creation In October 1920, after taking over the Transjordan region from the Ottoman Empire, Ottomans, the United Kingdom formed a unit of 150 men called the "Mobile Force", under the command of Captain Frederick Gerard Peake, to defend the territory against both internal and external threats. The Mobile Force was based in Zarqa. 80% of its men were drawn from the Chechens in Jordan, local Chechen community. It was quickly expanded to 1,000 men, recruiting Arabs who had served in the Ottoman Army (1861–1922), Ottoman Army. On 22 October 1923, the police were merged with the Reserve Mobile Force, still under Peake, who was now an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
