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Dec 7, 2024

Recipients of the Grand Order of Mugunghwa

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Dec 5, 2024

Recipients of King Hamad Order of the Renaissance

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1950s
- 11 Aug 1952
  
  Was proclaimed king of Jordan Age: 16
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- 1 Mar 1956
  
  Asserted Jordanian independence by Arabizing the army's command Age: 20
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1960s
- 30 May 1967
  
  Signed an Egyptian-Jordanian mutual defense treaty, returning home to cheering crowds Age: 31
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1970s
- 13 Oct 1971
  
  Signed an agreement with Arafat to regulate the fedayeen's presence during the Black September Age: 35
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- 15 Jun 1978
  
  Married the renamed Queen Noor Al-Hussein in Amman Age: 42
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1990s
- 24 Jan 1999
  
  Replaced Hassan with his son Abdullah as heir apparent Age: 63
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- 7 Feb 1999
  
  Was pronounced dead at 11:43 Age: 63
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- format_quote "I did not need to open it to know that my days as a schoolboy were over," (Wrote in his memoirs after he became king)
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- stars Hussein was a trained pilot, flying both airplanes and helicopters as a hobby.
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Mar 11, 2024

Musbah bint Nasser

Musbah bint Nasser (1884 – 15 March 1961) was the first queen consort of Jordan.

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Crown princes of Jordan

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20th-century monarchs in the Middle East

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People that were relevant in the 1950s

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People that were relevant in the 1990s

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Deaths from non-Hodgkin lymphoma

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Princess Fakhrelnissa bint Raad

Princess Nissa Raad (Full name: Fakhrelnissa bint Ra'ad ; Arabic: فخرالنساء بنت رعد‎) was born in Amman on January 11,1981 and is a member of the Jordanian Royal Family.

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Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad

Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al Hussein (Arabic: زيد ابن رعد الحسین‎; born 26 January 1964) is the Perry World House Professor of the Practice of Law and Human Rights at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a former Jordanian diplomat who also served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2014 to 2018. He played a central role in the establishment of the International Criminal Court, and was elected the first president of the Assembly of State Parties of the International Criminal Court in September 2002. He also served as a political affairs officer in UNPROFOR in the former Yugoslavia from 1994 to 1996.

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Age	63 (age at death)
Birthday	14 November, 1935
Birthplace	Amman, Jordan
Died	7 February, 1999
Place of Death	Amman, Jordan
Height	5' 4" (163 cm)
Eye Color	Brown - Dark
Hair Color	Bald
Zodiac Sign	Scorpio
Nationality	Jordanian
Occupation	Royalty
Claim to Fame	King of the Kingdom of Jordan

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Hussein bin Talal (Arabic: الحسين بن طلال‎, Al-Ḥusayn ibn Ṭalāl; 14 November 1935 – 7 February 1999) was King of Jordan from 11 August 1952 until his death in 1999. As a member of the Hashemite dynasty, the royal family of Jordan since 1921, Hussein was a 40th-generation direct descendant of Muhammad.

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