One was Transjordan defined as an Arab state to become eventually independent. |
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. |
In 1921, on the land east of the Jordan River, Britain carved out Transjordan and placed Feisal's brother Abdullah on the throne. |
An Anglo-Indian force landed at Basra while another British force invaded from Transjordan. |
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. |
Transjordan never recognized it and instead decided to incorporate the West Bank with its own territory to form Jordan. |