AMMAN (Petra) – Jordan today marks the 60th anniversary of the death of His Majesty King Abdullah I (1882-1951), who was assassinated as he was entering Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem for Friday prayers.
King Abdullah I, the founder of the Kingdom, led the Arab forces of the Great Arab Revolt with his brothers Ali, Feisal and Zeid against the Ottoman Empire.
By the end of World War I, he assumed the Throne of Transjordan, which was formed in 1921, establishing the first centralised government out of a mostly tribal and nomadic society.
Over the next 30 years, the King focused on nation building and developing the institutional foundations of modern Jordan.<img src="https://themuslimtimes.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/king77.jpg?w=228&h=300" alt="" title="king" width="228" height="300"
