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Name: jordan

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Start: 1921 AD

End: 2022 AD

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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Emirate of Transjordan (Great Britain)
  • Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
  • Establishment


  • April 1921: British protectorate in the Emirate of Transjordan (officially the Amirate of Trans-Jordan) established on 11 April 1921.
  • Chronology


    Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation

    1. Arab-Israeli conflict


    is an ongoing conflict between Israel and its Arab neighbours, as well as with Palestine, an area factually controlled by Israel itself. The conflict begun when the British Mandate in Palestine (a former Ottoman territory) was partitioned into an Arab and a Jewish state.

    1.1.Palestine War

    Was a war that took place in Palestine, initially a British Mandate, between the Jewish population and the the Arab population (later with the support of the Arab league) of the region. It is traditionally divided in two phases: a civil war in the final phase of the British Mandate, and a full-scale invasion by a coalition of Arab countries after the British left Palestine. During the war the State of Israel was established.

    1.1.1.1947-1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine

    Was a civil war between the Jewish and Arab populations of the British Mandate for Palestine, and the first phase of the 1948 Palestine War. The goal of the Jewish population was the creation of their own nation, whereas the Arab community, which represented the majority of the country, opposed this plan.

  • May 1948: Israeli conquests until end of May during the 1947-1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine.

  • 1.1.1.1.Operation Nachshon

    Was a military operation carried out by Jewish paramilitary brigades during the 1947-1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine.

  • August 1948: Bayt Thul was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Nachshon.

  • 1.1.2.1948 Arab-Israeli War

    Was a war between the newly established State of Israel and a coalition of Arab states. It was the second phase of the Palestine War of 1948. After the evacuation of the British forces from the Mandate for Palestine, Israel declared its independence, and Palestine was invaded by a coalition of Arab states.

    1.1.2.1.Southern Front - Operation Uvda

    Was a military operation by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

  • March 1948: The Jewish Alexandroni Brigade moved from Beersheba through Mamshit towards Sodom.
  • March 1948: Jewish Negev forces moved towards Umm Rashrash through the Valley of Fingers.
  • March 1948: On March 9, Golani forces captured Gharandal.
  • March 1948: The Jewish Alexandroni Brigade captured Ein Gedi.
  • March 1948: The Negev Brigade occupied Ras al-Naqb.

  • 1.1.2.2.Central Front (1948 Arab-Israeli War)

    Were a series of battles on the central front of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War at the beginning of the war.

  • May 1948: Jordanian forces invaded Mandatory Palestine and moved towards Nablus and Ramallah.
  • May 1948: Lydda and Ramleh are occupied by the 3rd Jordanian Brigade.
  • May 1948: Latrun is occupied by the 3rd Jordanian Brigade.
  • May 1948: Iraqi forces march on the triangle of Jenin - Nablus - Tulkarem.
  • May 1948: The Jewish quarter of Jerusalem fell to the Jordanian Arab Legion on 28 May 1948.

  • 1.1.2.3.Southern Front (1948 Arab-Israeli War)

    Were a series of battles on the southern front of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War at the beginning of the war.

  • May 1948: Until May 21, the Egyptian forces had occupied Beersheba and reached Bethlehem.
  • May 1948: The Jordanian Arab League reached the southern suburbs of Jerusalem.

  • 1.1.2.4.Central Front - Operation Danny

    Was a military operation by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

  • July 1948: Dayr Tarif was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
  • July 1948: Daniyal was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
  • July 1948: al-Barriyya was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
  • July 1948: Kharruba was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
  • July 1948: 'Innaba was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
  • July 1948: Jimzu was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
  • July 1948: Al-Tira was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
  • July 1948: Lydda was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
  • July 1948: Al-Haditha was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
  • July 1948: Ramle was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
  • July 1948: Suba was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
  • July 1948: Sar'a was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
  • July 1948: Kh al-Buwayra was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
  • July 1948: Salbit was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
  • July 1948: Bir Ma'in was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
  • July 1948: Barfiliya was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
  • July 1948: Shilta was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.

  • 1.1.2.5.Southern Front - Operation Horev

    Was a military operation by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

  • December 1948: Arab defeat at al-Auja on December 27, 1948.

  • 1.1.3.1949 Armistice Agreements

    Were a series of agreements between Israel, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria that formally ended the 1948 Arab-Israel War.

  • July 1949: By 20 July Israel made Armistice Agreements with Egypt, Lebanon, Transjordan, and Syria, ending the 1947-1949 Palestine war. Western Jordan remains occupied by Jordan.
  • July 1949: By 20 July Israel made Armistice Agreements with Egypt, Lebanon, Transjordan, and Syria, ending the 1947-1949 Palestine war. Israel was left with the part of Mandatory Palestine it had conquered during the war.
  • July 1949: By 20 July Israel made Armistice Agreements with Egypt, Lebanon, Transjordan, and Syria, ending the 1947-1949 Palestine war. Israel left the territories that it had occupied outside Mandatory Palestine.

  • 1.2.Jordanian annexation of the West Bank

    As a Consequence of the Palestine War, Jordan annexed the West Bank.

  • April 1950: Jordanian annexation of the West Bank.

  • 1.3.Six-Day War

    Was a war fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states (primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan) from 5 to 10 June 1967.

  • June 1967: After the closure of the Straits of Tiran, Israel launched a preemptive attack against Egypt and Jordan.
  • June 1967: Occupation of the Western Bank by israel after the six day war.

  • 1.4.Black September

    Was a war between the Jordanian Armed Forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization, formed by the Palestinian refugees that acted as a state in a state in Jordan. .

    1.4.1.Syrian invasion of Jordan during Black September

    Jordan forces surrounded cities with significant PLO presence including Amman and Irbid, and began shelling Palestinian refugee camps where the fedayeen were established. Forces from the Syrian Army invaded Jordan in support of the fedayeen.

  • September 1970: Jordan feared foreign intervention in the events in support of the fedayeen; this soon materialized on 18 September after a force from Syria with Palestine Liberation Army (PLA) markings marched towards Irbid, which the fedayeen had declared a "liberated" city.
  • September 1970: Airstrikes inflicted heavy losses on the Syrians, and on the late afternoon of 22 September, the Syrian 5th Division began to retreat from Jordan.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • May 1946: Full independence of Transjordan on 25 May 1946.

  • February 1958: The Federation was formed on 14 February 1958, when King Faisal II of Iraq and his cousin, King Hussein of Jordan, sought to unite their two Hashemite kingdoms, as a response to the formation of the United Arab Republic between Egypt and Syria.

  • August 1958: The union lasted only six months, being officially dissolved on 2 August 1958, after Faisal II of Iraq was deposed by a military coup on 14 July.

  • January 1966: In 1965 Jordan and Saudi Arabia concluded a bilateral agreement that realigned their border.

  • Selected Sources


  • Alain Gresh et Dominique Vidal, Palestine 47, un partage avorté, 1994, p. 177.
  • Gilbert, M. (2012): The Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 10th Edition, Routledge, p.46
  • Gilbert, M. (2012): The Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 10th Edition, Routledge, p.50
  • Louis, W.R. (1984): The British Empire in the Middle East, 1945-1951: Arab Nationalism, the United States, and Postwar Imperialism, Clarendon Press, p. 756
  • Morris, B. (2003): Victimes: histoire revisitée du conflit arabo-sioniste, Editions Complexe, p.247
  • Morris, B. (2008): 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War, Yale University Press, p.234,
  • Naor, M. (2013): Social Mobilization in the Arab/Israeli War of 1948: On the Israeli Home Front, Routledge, p. 140
  • Operation Danny. Wikipedia. Retrieved on 30 March 2024 on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Danny
  • Operation Nachshon. Wikipedia. Retrieved on 30 March 2024 on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Nachshon
  • Operation Uvda (March 5 - March 10, 1949). Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved on 6 April 2024 on https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/operation-uvda
  • Richard L Abel, Ole Hammerslev, Hilary Sommerlad, Ulrike Schultz (2020): Lawyers in 21st-Century Societies: Vol. 1: National Reports, Bloomsbury Publishing, p.642
  • Tal, D. (2004): War in Palestine, 1948: Israeli and Arab Strategy and Diplomacy, Routledge, p. 205
  • Tucker, E. (2016): The Middle East in Modern World History, Routledge, p.222
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