An Anglo-Indian force landed at Basra while another British force invaded from Transjordan. |
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In 1921, on the land east of the Jordan River, Britain carved out Transjordan and placed Feisal's brother Abdullah on the throne. |
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One was Transjordan defined as an Arab state to become eventually independent. |
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Transjordan never recognized it and instead decided to incorporate the West Bank with its own territory to form Jordan. |
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A major exodus was already underway into Transjordan and Syria. |
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Tancred was instrumental in the conquest of Jerusalem and he worked for the expansion of the Crusader kingdom in Transjordan and the region of Galilee. |
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She is credited with being instrumental in drawing the borders of the fledgling states of Iraq and Transjordan, where the Hashemites founded dynasties. |
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He further served for a year as a senior official of the colonial office working with Winston Churchill and others to help establish the new states of Iraq and Transjordan. |
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In the 1920s, the religious fanatic Ikhwan fighters who were helping Ibn Saud to conquer Arabia were also threatening the British protectorates of Iraq and Transjordan. |
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According to Byzantine usage it included CisJordan and TransJordan and even Lebanon and Sinai. |
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