Transjordan

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British mandate territory former political entity historical region

Transjordan was a former British-controlled territory east of the Jordan River that became the Emirate of Transjordan and later the modern Kingdom of Jordan.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Transjordan canonical	52
Transjordan region	3
modern-day Jordan	2
northern Transjordan	1
southern Transjordan	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British mandate territory ⓘ former political entity ⓘ historical region ⓘ
administeredBy	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy	Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ Mandatory Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ Saudi Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Amman NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialStatus	British protectorate ⓘ
contains	Amman NERFINISHED ⓘ Irbid NERFINISHED ⓘ Karak NERFINISHED ⓘ Ma'an NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
currency	Palestine pound NERFINISHED ⓘ
demonym	Transjordanian ⓘ
endPoint	1946 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Arabs ⓘ
event	creation of Emirate of Transjordan ⓘ independence of Transjordan ⓘ
geographicalFeature	Jordan Rift Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ desert plateau ⓘ
hasDynasty	Hashemite dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGovernmentForm	British-controlled territory ⓘ emirate ⓘ
hasRuler	Abdullah I of Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Interwar period ⓘ World War II era ⓘ
independenceFrom	United Kingdom ⓘ
independenceYear	1946 ⓘ
legalBasis	League of Nations Mandate system NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedEastOf	Jordan River NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Middle East ⓘ
mandatePower	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Jordan River NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ Mandate for Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessorOf	Emirate of Transjordan NERFINISHED ⓘ Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionType	Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
startPoint	1921 ⓘ
successorState	Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
todayPartOf	Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedScript	Arabic script ⓘ

Referenced by (59)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arab Revolt → location → Transjordan ⓘ

Ninth Army → operatedIn → Transjordan ⓘ

Auda abu Tayi → placeOfActivity → Transjordan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Transjordan region

Alexandria Protocol of 1944 → signatory → Transjordan ⓘ

Jonathan Apphus → deathPlace → Transjordan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Transjordan region

Chemosh → worshippedIn → Transjordan ⓘ

Deir Alla dialect → region → Transjordan ⓘ

Edomite religion → practicedIn → Transjordan ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Transjordan

War of Independence → belligerent → Transjordan ⓘ

Arab Liberation Army → recruitedFrom → Transjordan ⓘ

Nabataean Aramaic → region → Transjordan ⓘ

Tribe of Gad → territory → Transjordan ⓘ

Um er-Rasas → region → Transjordan ⓘ

Kingdom of Ammon → locatedIn → Transjordan ⓘ

All-Palestine Government → notRecognizedBy → Transjordan ⓘ

Mandatory Palestine → borderedBy → Transjordan ⓘ

Mandatory Palestine → includedTerritoryUntil1921 → Transjordan ⓘ

Ammon → locatedIn → Transjordan ⓘ

Moabite language → region → Transjordan ⓘ

Ammonite language → region → Transjordan ⓘ

St. John Philby → workedIn → Transjordan ⓘ

King's Highway (ancient route) → traverses → Transjordan ⓘ

British Egyptian Expeditionary Force → theatreOfOperations → Transjordan ⓘ

Palestine Currency Board → operatedIn → Transjordan ⓘ

Palestine Currency Board → jurisdiction → Transjordan ⓘ

Palestine Currency Board → appliesToTerritory → Transjordan ⓘ

Jabal Druze State → hasBorderWith → Transjordan ⓘ

Galeed → locatedIn → Transjordan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Transjordan region

Mizpah → locatedIn → Transjordan ⓘ

Decapolis → locatedIn → Transjordan ⓘ

Livias → region → Transjordan ⓘ

Betharamphtha → regionOfInfluence → Transjordan ⓘ

Peraea → locatedIn → Transjordan ⓘ

Peræa → partOf → Transjordan ⓘ

Transjordanian highlands → partOf → Transjordan ⓘ

Malichus II → areaOfInfluence → Transjordan ⓘ

Obodas III → regionRuled → Transjordan ⓘ

Mount Seir → locatedIn → Transjordan ⓘ

Iron Age I → regionOfFocus → Transjordan ⓘ

Sihon king of the Amorites → regionRuled → Transjordan ⓘ

Og king of Bashan → rulesRegion → Transjordan ⓘ

subject surface form: Og, king of Bashan

Og king of Bashan → region → Transjordan ⓘ

subject surface form: Og, king of Bashan

this entity surface form: northern Transjordan

Mishor (plateau) → locatedIn → Transjordan ⓘ

Dibon → region → Transjordan ⓘ

Ar of Moab → locatedIn → Transjordan ⓘ

Nebo → locatedIn → Transjordan ⓘ

Heshbon → locatedIn → Transjordan ⓘ

Heshbon → regionInModernTerms → Transjordan ⓘ

this entity surface form: modern-day Jordan

Medeba → locatedIn → Transjordan ⓘ

this entity surface form: modern-day Jordan