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Ahmad Aladdin (Yakam)
Ahmad Aladdin Arslan (died 17 November 2014) was a Jordanian military leader of Chechen people, Chechen descent. He attained the rank of Major General. He was the only officer to have received the Jordanian Order of Military Gallantry "Wisam al-Iqdam al-Askari" twice. He led the response to the List of terrorist incidents in 1976, 1976 terrorist attack on the Amman InterContinental Hotel. Death and burial Aladdin was en route to receive medical treatment in Germany when he died during the flight, aged 72. He was subsequently buried on 19 November 2014 in the Chechen Cemetery in the city of Zarqa. He was buried with military honours. His funeral was attended amongst others by Prince Hashim Al Hussein, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mashal Al Zaben, King Abdullah's advisor for tribal affairs Sharif Fawaz Bin Zaben and ministers and deputies. See also * Battle of Mirbat References External links Footage from the 1976 terrorist attack at the InterContinental Hotel {{D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zarqa, Jordan
Zarqa () is the capital of Zarqa Governorate in Jordan. Its name means "the blue (city)". It had a population of 635,160 inhabitants in 2015, and is the second most populous city in Jordan after Amman. History Although the area has been inhabited since the first century AD, the city of Zarqa was only established in 1902, by Chechens in Jordan, Chechen immigrants who were displaced due to the wars between the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman and Russian Empire, Russian Empires. And the simultaneous Circassian genocide They settled along the Zarqa River. At that time a station on the Hejaz Railway was built in the new settlement. The railway station turned Zarqa into an important hub. On 10 April 1905, the Ottoman governor issued a decree that allowed the Chechen immigrants to own the land they had settled on. The population then quickly grew in size. On 18 November 1928, the new Jordanian government issued a decree to establish the first municipal council for Zarqa. After the Transjorda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
