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estine. He made a plea to the USSR to prevent Palestine
falling into Zionist hands. His party may be plotting a
coup d'etat against the Hashimite rulers of Iraq to bring
back Rashid al-Gaillani. Member pro-Nazi, anti-British
"al-Muthanna Club." 1946-date; President and founder of
Independence Party. 1946; called general strike on anni-
versary of Balfour Declaration. 1947; signed Manifesto
demanding that the US take action favorable to the Arabs
in Palestine. 1948; Minister of Supply. 1949; Minister of
Justice.
TRANSJORDAN
ABDULLAH IBN HASEIN AL-HASHIMI
Place and Date of Birth:
Mecca; 1881.
Education:
Private tutors. Speaks Arabic and Turkish.
Occupation:
King of the Hashimite Kingdom of Transjordan.
Religion:
Sunni Moslem.
Remarks:
Second son of Sherif Husein, King of Hejaz; descendant of
the prophet Mohammed. Great-uncle of King Feisal II
of Iraq. Clever, courteous, ceremonious, and ambitious.
Abdullah is considered a puppet of the British by most
Arab nationalists. Great bitterness toward Ibn Saud of
Saudi Arabia, who deposed Abdullah's brother from the
throne of the Hejaz in 1925. Abdullah's greatest ambition
is to become King of a Greater Syria and the other Arab
states regard his expansionist tendencies with the deepest
suspicion. In his efforts to establish a Hashimite mon-
archy in a Greater Syria, he works closely with his nephew,
Regent Abdul Ilah of Iraq. 1909; appointed deputy of
Mecca in the Ottoman Parliament. 1914-15; served as
liaison between his father and the British politicians in
Egypt. 1915-16; active in the Arab revolt against the
Ottoman Turks. 1916; appointed Foreign Minister in his
father's new Arab Government. Upon the conquest of
Syria by the French, fled to Amman. 1921; met Winston
Churchill, then Colonial Secretary, and was appointed
Amir of Transjordan. 1928; signed treaty of friendship
with Great Britain. 1945; signed Anglo-Transjordan
Treaty granting Transjordan independence. 1946; pro-
claimed King of the Hashimite Kingdom of Transjordan.
TAWFIK PASHA ABU AL-HUDA
Place and Date of Birth:
Acre, Palestine; 1898.
Education:
Law Degree from Istanbul.
Occupation:
Prime Minister and Minister of Defense.
Religion:
Sunni Moslem.
Remarks:
Abu al-Huda has a strong, severe character and is reputed
to be an excellent lawyer. He is reported to be a partisan
of the Greater Syria scheme. His basic policy is one of not
permitting an open break between Transjordan and other
Arab states. Unlike Abdullah, he is inclined to believe that
Transjordan would be better off without additional terri-
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