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Hasan Khaled Abu Al-Huda (; 1871 – 1937Abul Huda (December 23, 1936). ''
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'') was a Jordanian politician and statesman who served as the 4th Prime Minister of Transjordan twice in 1923–24 and 1926–1931. He was
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from 1924 to 1926.


Family and early life

Hasan Khaled was the son of Abu al-Huda al-Sayyadi, an Islamic scholar from
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, Syria, who claimed descent from the
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. Sayyadi was the leader of the Rifa'i Sufi order, the Sheikh al-Islam, the chief Naqib al-Ashraf and religious adviser of Sultan
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on Arab affairs. Hasan Khaled spent most of his childhood in Istanbul, where his family resided. He married an Egyptian of Turkish origins, Devlet Abu Gabal, with whom he had two daughters, Velia Abdel-Huda (1916-2012), an Oxford-educated socialite and art historian, and Halime Lima Hanımefendi (1919-2000), who married Şehzade Mehmed Nazım, the son of
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; and a son, Taj al-Din, who, like his grandfather, had been more religiously inclined and was appointed president of the Aleppan
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in 1942. Following the
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, Hasan Khaled is said to have escaped Istanbul to Paris, where he funded himself using the proceeds of a company which he sold. Later, he moved to Alexandria to reside with family. For a time, he resided in the house of Hussein al-Qasab. During this period, he is said to have intrigued with al-Qasab and other Arab nationalists.


Foreign honours

* : ** Honorary Commander of the
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See also

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References

1870s births 1948 deaths Prime ministers of Jordan Finance ministers of Jordan Interior ministers of Jordan Jordanian people of Syrian descent People from Aleppo {{Jordan-politician-stub