This book covers the dynasty from Husayn ibn Ali
(or Hussein bin Ali) to Hussein I of Jordan
(one of his great-grandsons), who was currently enjoying British support. Johns suggests that Morris projects ambivalence about...
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Jan Morris
The occasion for its writing was a press conference at which King Hussein of Jordan
announced the assassination of his cousin King Faisal of Iraq
Johns, Derek. Ariel. A Literary Life of Jan Morris. Faber and Faber, 2016.
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(in the republican revolution of July 1958).
Timeline
17 July 1958: The UK sent troops to Jordan at the request...
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17 July 1958
The UK sent troops to Jordan at the request of King Hussein
, after the republican revolution in Iraq.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
