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On August 11th, 1952, the Jordanian parliament declared that King Talal was suffering from schizophrenia and was unfit to rule and that Hussein was now King of Jordan. |
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 The 'lost' city re-emerged on August 22nd, 1812 Published in History Today, Volume: 62 Issue: 8, 2012
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 James Barker reveals how parsimony and muddle in Whitehall in the first years of the British Mandate in Palestine almost led to disaster in August 1929. |
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Richard Cavendish explains how plans for a coup against King Hussein ibn Talal of Jordan eventually melted away on April 13th, 1957. |
_by_Erling_Mandelmann.jpg) On August 11th, 1952, the Jordanian parliament declared that King Talal was suffering from schizophrenia and was unfit to rule and that Hussein was now King of Jordan. |
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Richard Cavendish describes the events leading up to Jordan's annexation of the West Bank, on April 24th, 1950. |
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