Talal of Jordan
Talal bin Abdullah (Arabic: طلال بن عبد الله, <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Ṭalāl ibn ʿAbdullāh; 26 February 1909 – 7 July 1972) was King of Jordan from the assassination of his father, King Abdullah I, on 20 July 1951, until he was forced to abdicate on 11 August 1952.
| Talal | |||||
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 Talal in 1951 | |||||
| King of Jordan | |||||
| 20 July 1951 – 11 August 1952 | |||||
| 20 July 1951 | |||||
| Predecessor | Abdullah I | ||||
| Successor | Hussein | ||||
| Prime Ministers | See list
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| Born | 26 February 1909 Mecca, Ottoman Empire | ||||
| Died | 7 July 1972 (aged 63) Istanbul, Turkey | ||||
| Burial | 7 July 1972 Raghadan Palace, Jordan | ||||
| Spouse | Zein Al-Sharaf (m. 1934) | ||||
| Issue | Hussein Prince Muhammad Prince Hassan Princess Basma | ||||
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| House | Hashemite | ||||
| Father | Abdullah I of Jordan | ||||
| Mother | Musbah bint Nasser | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
He ruled for less than thirteen months until he was forced to abdicate by Parliament due to his schizophrenia. Talal spent the rest of his life at a sanatorium in Istanbul and died there on 7 July 1972.[1]
References
- ↑ "Ex‐King Talal of Jordan Dies; Abdicated in '52 in Favor of Son". New York Times: 51. July 9, 1972. https://www.nytimes.com/1972/07/09/archives/exig-tat-t-of-jod-di-i-abdiated-in-52-in-favor-of-soni.html?_r=0. Retrieved 11 April 2017.