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Talal I bin Abdullah, King of Jordan born February 26, 1909 in Mecca
Mecca

Mecca , also spelled Makkah , Makka is a city in Saudi Arabia. Home to the Masjid al-Haram, it is the holy city in Islam and plays an important role in the faith....
, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA , is an Arab country and the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south....
 and died July 7, 1972 was King of Jordan from July 20, 1951 until forced to abdicate due to health reasons (the British claimed he suffered from schizophrenia
Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia , from the Ancient Greek Root schizein and phren, phren- is a psychiatry diagnosis that describes a mental disorder characterized by abnormalities in the perception or expression of reality....
) on August 11, 1952.

ttended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst , commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is the British Army Commissioned officer initial training centre....
 from which he graduated in 1939. Talal had ascended the Jordan
Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern part of the Syrian Desert down to the Gulf of Aqaba....
ian throne after the assassination of his father Abdullah I
Abdullah I of Jordan

Abdullah I bin al-Hussein, King of Jordan was born in Mecca, Ottoman Empire, as ??? ???? ????? ?? ??????, to Sherif Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, later King of Hejaz, and his first wife Abdiya bint Abdullah....
 in Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
 .






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Talal I bin Abdullah, King of Jordan born February 26, 1909 in Mecca
Mecca

Mecca , also spelled Makkah , Makka is a city in Saudi Arabia. Home to the Masjid al-Haram, it is the holy city in Islam and plays an important role in the faith....
, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA , is an Arab country and the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south....
 and died July 7, 1972 was King of Jordan from July 20, 1951 until forced to abdicate due to health reasons (the British claimed he suffered from schizophrenia
Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia , from the Ancient Greek Root schizein and phren, phren- is a psychiatry diagnosis that describes a mental disorder characterized by abnormalities in the perception or expression of reality....
) on August 11, 1952.

Life

He attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst , commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is the British Army Commissioned officer initial training centre....
 from which he graduated in 1939. Talal had ascended the Jordan
Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern part of the Syrian Desert down to the Gulf of Aqaba....
ian throne after the assassination of his father Abdullah I
Abdullah I of Jordan

Abdullah I bin al-Hussein, King of Jordan was born in Mecca, Ottoman Empire, as ??? ???? ????? ?? ??????, to Sherif Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, later King of Hejaz, and his first wife Abdiya bint Abdullah....
 in Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
 . His son, Hussein, who was accompanying his grandfather at Friday prayers was also a near victim.

During his short reign he was responsible for the formation of a liberalized constitution for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern part of the Syrian Desert down to the Gulf of Aqaba....
, which made the government collectively, and the ministers individually, responsible before the Jordanian Parliament. The constitution was ratified on January 1, 1952. King Talal is also judged as having done much to smooth the previously strained relations between Jordan
Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern part of the Syrian Desert down to the Gulf of Aqaba....
 and the neighboring Arab
Arab

An Arab is a person who Identity as such on linguistic or cultural grounds. The plural form, Arabs , refers to the Ethnocultural group at large....
 states of Egypt
Egypt

Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
 and Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA , is an Arab country and the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south....
.

Marriage and Children

In 1934 King Talal married Queen Zein al-Sharaf Talal with whom she bore four sons and two daughters:
  • HM King Hussein - November 14 1935
  • HRH Princess Asma - deceased when born 1937
  • HRH Prince Muhammad
    Prince Muhammad bin Talal

    Prince Muhammad bin Talal of Jordan...
     - October 2 1940
  • HRH Prince El Hassan - March 20 1947
  • HRH Princes Muhsin - deceased
  • HRH Princess Basma
    Princess Basma bint Talal

    Princess Basma bint Talal of Jordan is a daughter of the late Talal of Jordan....
     - May 11 1951