; † 25 June 1960) is Ali bin Hussein Alsharairi was one of the first Jordanian politicians.
As an experienced military man and a politician, he contributed significantly to the establishment of Transjordan

Transjordan

The Emirate of Transjordan was a former Ottoman territory in the Southern Levant that was part of the British Mandate of Palestine...

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Youth and Education

In his early life, Ali assisted his father in agriculture and received his primary education in Irbid. Ali Khulqi's realised later that he needed to develop further and decided to travel to Damascus to enroll in the local military academy. After he had successfully completed his studies there, he graduated in 1895. He pursued his studies at the Military Academy in Istanbul

Istanbul

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, where he received an officer rank to join the Ottoman

Ottoman Empire

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 army. Later he became a Mirliva

Mirliva

Mirliva or Mîr-i livâ was a military rank of the Ottoman Army. It corresponds to a Brigadier General or Major General . Mirliva is a compound word composed of Mir and Liva...

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Political Life

After the collapse of Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

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, Ali joined the Great Arab Revolt

Arab Revolt

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 and later formed a local government in Ajloun in 1920 until Emir Abdullah I ibn al-Hussain

Abdullah I of Jordan

Abdullah I bin al-Hussein, King of Jordan [‘Abd Allāh ibn al-Husayn] عبد الله الأول بن الحسين born in Mecca, Second Saudi State, was the second of three sons of Sherif Hussein bin Ali, Sharif and Emir of Mecca and his first wife Abdiyya bint Abdullah...

 ruled as Emir of Trans-Jordan in 1921.
Ali Khulqi Alsharairi served in the first Jordanian government in 1921 as a Minister of Defence then as Minister of Education 1923-1924.

Alsharairi Family

Alsharairi family is one of the prominent families of the city of Irbid

Irbid

Irbid , known in ancient times as Arabella or Arbela , is the capital and largest city of the Irbid Governorate. It also has the second largest metropolitan population in Jordan after Amman, with a population of around 660,000, and is located about 70 km north of Amman on the northern ridge of...

, or the so-called the Pearls of Irbid

Irbid

Irbid , known in ancient times as Arabella or Arbela , is the capital and largest city of the Irbid Governorate. It also has the second largest metropolitan population in Jordan after Amman, with a population of around 660,000, and is located about 70 km north of Amman on the northern ridge of...

, referring to those few families that have had their own water wells that time. Alsharairi hails from the tribe of ""Bily"", which has roots in Hijaz, what is now Saudi Arabia.
Many of its members contributed greatly to their community in the early years of the Jordanian state such as:

• Mr Sa'id Hassan Alsharairi, the first Mayor of the city of Irbid in 1891.
• Dr Ahmad Alsharairi, one of the first known physicians in Jordan.
• Mr Ibrahim Alsharairi, one of the first lawyers and prominent judges in Jordan.

Sources

• مجلة رسالة الأردن , عدد15 , ايلول . 1960م الكاتب : تيسير ظبيان
• مجلة رسالة الأردن , عدد4 , شباط , 1959م الكاتب : سليمان الموسى
• الكاتب : سليمان الموسى وجوه وملامح , وزارة الثقافة ,عمان ,1980 -الجزء الأول -ص: 12 - 44