List of rulers of Jordan

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The list of rulers of Jordan includes the sovereign monarchs of the Kingdom of Jordan .

After the end of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the state territory belonged to the Kingdom of Syria until it was annexed to the British Mandate of Palestine in 1920 . Still under British protection, the country was separated from Palestine in 1921 and became the emirate of Transjordan . After the country gained independence in 1946, Emir Abdallah ibn Hussein assumed the title of king. In 1949 the kingdom was given the still official name "Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan".

The royal house is provided by the Hashimite dynasty , the descendants of a great-grandfather of the Prophet Mohammed .

Emir of Transjordan

image Name
(life data) 		Reign relationship
Kingabdullahbinhussein.jpg Abdallah
(February 1882 - July 20, 1951) 		April 1, 1921 - May 25, 1946 Son of Hussain ibn Ali

King of Transjordan

image Name
(life data) 		Reign relationship
Kingabdullahbinhussein.jpg Abdallah
(February 1882 - July 20, 1951) 		May 25, 1946 - April 3, 1949

Kings of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Coat of arms of Jordan.svg
image Name
(life data) 		Reign relationship
Kingabdullahbinhussein.jpg Abdallah I.
(February 1882 - July 20, 1951) 		April 3, 1949 - July 20, 1951
Talal of Jordan.jpg Talal
(February 26, 1909 - July 7, 1972) 		July 20, 1951 - August 11, 1952 Son of the predecessor
HusseinJordanien.jpg Hussein
(November 14, 1935 - February 7, 1999) 		August 11, 1952 - February 7, 1999 Son of the predecessor
King Abdullah portrait.jpg Abdullah II
(born January 30, 1962) 		Feb. 7, 1999 - Acting Son of the predecessor