First Centralized Government in Transjordan

Date: April 11, 1921 • Location: Amman, Jordan

Emir Abdullah established the first centralised government in the recently created British protectorate of Transjordan.

Abdullah I was the ruler of Jordan from 11 April 1921 until his assassination in 1951. He was the Emir of Transjordan, a British protectorate, until 25 May 1946, after which he was king of an independent Jordan. As a member of the Hashemite dynasty, the royal family of Jordan since 1921, Abdullah was a 38th-generation direct descendant of Muhammad.