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Individual:
King Talal
His Majesty King Talal bin Abdullah
(1909-1972)
King Talal bin Abdullah assumed the throne shortly after the
martyrdom of King Abdullah on July 20, 1951. However, and due to
health reasons, he abdicated the throne less than a year later, on
August 11, 1952, in favor of his eldest son Hussein, the heir
apparent. During his tenure, King Talal did much to further the
previously strained relations between Jordan and Saudi Arabia and
Egypt. He was also largely responsible for the development of a new,
liberalized constitution. This document made the government
collectively, and the ministers individually, responsible before
parliament and was ratified on January 1, 1952. The smoothness with
which the reins of power were transferred through Abdullah, Talal
and Hussein was remarkable, indicating the extent to which King
Abdullah had succeeded in putting the Jordanian monarchy in
constitutional order
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