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British Colonization (1922-1946)[edit | edit source]

After World War Two, as part of the French and British partitioning of the Arabian Peninsula, the Emirate of Transjordan became a British protectorate. The emirate became fully independent in 1946 and was renamed The Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan.^[1]

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References[edit | edit source]

↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Emirate of Transjordan," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirate_of_Transjordan, accessed 15 July 2019.

[1] Wikipedia contributors, "Emirate of Transjordan," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirate_of_Transjordan, accessed 15 July 2019.

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