Talal (Jordan)
Talal bin Abdullah ( Arabic طلال بن عبد الله, DMG Ṭalāl bin ʿAbdallāh ; * February 26, 1909 in Mecca ; † July 7, 1972 ) was King of Jordan from July 20, 1951 to August 11, 1952 .
Life
Talal ascended the throne after his father Abdallah I was assassinated in Jerusalem . His eldest son, Hussein, almost fell victim to this attack too. Officially, Hussein I succeeded his father to the throne in 1952. However, he did not take over the government immediately because he was not yet 18 years old.
Talal married Zein al Sharaf Talal in 1934, and in 1939 he graduated from the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst .
During his short reign he introduced a liberalized constitution in Jordan, which made the government as a whole and every minister personally accountable to parliament . The constitution was ratified on January 1, 1952. King Talal is also credited with improving previously strained relations with the Kingdom of Egypt and Saudi Arabia .
Because he was considered schizophrenic , he was forced to abdicate.
progeny
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- King Hussein I (1935–1999)
- Prince Muhammad bin Talal (born October 2, 1940)
- Prince Hassan ibn Talal (* 1947)
- Princess Basma bint Talal (born May 11, 1951)
literature
- Talal , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 36/1972 from August 28, 1972, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Individual evidence
- ↑ JORDAN: Schizophrenia . In: TIME Magazine of August 18, 1952.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Abdallah I. |
King of Jordan 1951–1952 |
Hussein I. |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Talal |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Talal bin Abdullah |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jordanian nobleman, King of Jordan |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mecca |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 7, 1972 |