Word: abdullah
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Utterly different from bold Sultan El Atrash is the mild spoken little Amir Abdullah of Transjordania, a contented British puppet whose chief delight is in breeding priceless Arab steeds. Last week the Amir dutifully hastened across the River Jordan by means of Allenby Bridge, successfully dissuaded some 300 of his subjects who had set out minded to wage plunder in Palestine...
Another British puppet, paradoxically more potent than his elder brother Amir Abdullah, is King Feisul of Irak, inventor of a special headdress named after him. Of all the Arab lands in the Near East, melancholy King Feisul's seemed the least perturbed about Jews, though one band of Iraki tribesmen were said to be making their way secretly to Palestine...
...spending of money for this Palestinian digging caught the attention of Emir Abdullah, ruling under British mandate beyond the Jordan. Hence his recent invitation...
Husein Ibn Ali, made King of Hejaz by the British for fighting the Turks in the War, made Calif of Islam by no other than himself, opposed the heretical warriors of the Emir of Nejd; but he was not so successful as his sons, Faisal, King of Iraq, and Abdullah, Emir of Kerak (Trans-Jordan). These two monarchs had been able to employ war birds of Britain and strike terror and confusion into Ibn Saud's ferocious men by dropping fire from the skies. Husein, himself had asked the loan of a flock of war birds. But Britain refused...
...eyes, declared that his abdication was a temporary measure designed to protect Mecca from possible destruction. A despatch from Cairo stated that the royal signature to the document of abdication was affixed only after "he had spent many hours in prayer and wireless communication with his sons," Faisal and Abdullah...