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What does Transjordan mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (historical) A British protectorate established in 1921 east of the River Jordan, now forming the main part of the kingdom of Jordan.
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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.

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