British colonial secretary Winston Churchill convenes a…

March 1921 CE

British colonial secretary Winston Churchill convenes a high-level conference in Cairo to consider Middle East policy in March 1921.

As a result of these deliberations, Britain subdivides the Palestine Mandate along the Jordan River-Gulf of Aqaba line.

The eastern portion—called Transjordan—is to have a separate Arab administration operating under the general supervision of the commissioner for Palestine, with Abdullah appointed as amir.

At a follow-up meeting in Jerusalem with Churchill, High Commissioner Herbert Samuel, and T. E. Lawrence, Abdullah agrees to abandon his Syrian project in return for the amirate and a substantial British subsidy.

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Cairo > Al-Qahirah Al-Qahirah Egypt View →

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Abdullah I of Jordan View → Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel View → T. E. Lawrence View → Winston Churchill View →

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Arab people View → Mecca, Sharifate of View → Arab nationalism View → Egypt, British Protectorate of View → Hejaz, Kingdom of View → Palestine and Trans-Jordan View → Transjordan, Emirate of View →

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