Emirate of Transjordan

Emirate of Transjordan
إمارة شرق الأردن Imārat Sharq al-Urdun
Mandate for Palestine and Transjordan memorandum
1921–1946
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The regions administered by the Emirate ("Transjordan", in light pink)
Capital		Amman
Languages		Arabic
Government		Monarchy
Emir
•	1921–1946	Abdullah I
British Representative
•	1921	Albert Abramson
•	1921	T. E. Lawrence
•	1921–1924	St John Philby
•	1924–1939	Henry Fortnam Cox
•	1939–1946	Alec Kirkbride
Historical era		Interwar period
•	Cairo Conference	March 1921
•	Coronation	11 April 1921
•	Independence announcement	25 April 1923
•	Anglo-Transjordanian treaty	20 February 1928
•	Elevated to kingdom	22 March 1946
•	Full independence	25 May 1946
Preceded by Succeeded by Occupied Enemy Territory Administration Kingdom of Hejaz Jordan
Today part of		Jordan  Saudi Arabia  Iraq
In 1965, Jordan and Saudi Arabia exchanged some territory
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The Emirate of Transjordan (Arabic: إمارة شرق الأردن‎‎ Imārat Sharq al-Urdun), also hyphenated as Trans-Jordan and previously known as Transjordania or Trans-Jordania, was a British protectorate established in April 1921. There were many urban settlements beyond the Jordan River, one in Al-Salt city and at that time the largest urban settlement east of the Jordan River. There was also a small Circassian community in Amman.

Transjordan had been a no man's land following the July 1920 Battle of Maysalun, and the British in neighbouring Mandatory Palestine chose to avoid "any definite connection between it and Palestine" until a March 1921 conference at which it was agreed that Abdullah bin Hussein would administer the territory under the auspices of the British Mandate for Palestine with a fully autonomous governing system.