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Emirate of Transjordan

1921 – 1946
Sovereign stateAsia

British protectorate east of the Jordan River, established under Emir Abdullah I on 11 April 1921 and administered as a distinct entity from Mandatory Palestine.

Became the fully independent Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan (renamed Jordan in 1949) on 25 May 1946 under the Treaty of London.

Borders in 1942 · drawn from 2 sourced border frames
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Borders over time

The atlas holds 2 border frames for Emirate of Transjordan — the shape you scrub through changes in 1921 · 1942.

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