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* The University in Amman houses rare manuscript materials, including Shari'a Court Records from 1926-2003 (legal matters, marriages, inheritance) Ottoman registers and statistics, newspapers, and Mamluk Period documents. Contact general support at the email address below to request more information about these collections. | * The University in Amman houses rare manuscript materials, including Shari'a Court Records from 1926-2003 (legal matters, marriages, inheritance) Ottoman registers and statistics, newspapers, and Mamluk Period documents. Contact general support at the email address below to request more information about these collections. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
In the past few centuries, Jordan has been under the rule of several different powers and administrative governance. During Ottoman rule (1516-1918), the area now known as Jordan was part of a greater region called Bilad al-Sham or Southern Syria. The Ottomans took periodic population registers for taxation and conscription purposes, although these did not always cover small towns. After the fall of the Ottoman Empire, Jordan became part of the British Mandate of Palestine (1921-1946) but Hashemite royalty was given de facto control of what was then considered Transjordan, including Jordan, as well as parts of Syria and Iraq. No formal censuses were conducted during this time, with leadership relying on population estimates. In 1946, the Hashemites declared independence and became the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Since gaining independence, Jordan has conducted several censuses with the first attempted census in 1952.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, ''Emirate of Transjordan'', Wikipedia, accessed 10 January 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirate_of_Transjordan#cite_note-BeaumontBlake2016-60.</ref> | In the past few centuries, Jordan has been under the rule of several different powers and administrative governance. During Ottoman rule (1516-1918), the area now known as Jordan was part of a greater region called Bilad al-Sham or Southern Syria. The Ottomans took periodic population registers for taxation and conscription purposes, although these did not always cover small towns. After the fall of the Ottoman Empire, Jordan became part of the British Mandate of Palestine (1921-1946) but Hashemite royalty was given de facto control of what was then considered Transjordan, including Jordan, as well as parts of Syria and Iraq. No formal censuses were conducted during this time, with leadership relying on population estimates. In 1946, the Hashemites declared independence and became the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Since gaining independence, Jordan has conducted several censuses with the first attempted census in 1952.<ref>Wiki contributors, ''History of Jordan'', Wikipedia, accessed 10 January 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Jordan.</ref><ref>Wikipedia contributors, ''Emirate of Transjordan'', Wikipedia, accessed 10 January 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirate_of_Transjordan#cite_note-BeaumontBlake2016-60.</ref> | ||
==Types of Censuses == | ==Types of Censuses == | ||