Hussein o Jordan

Hussein bin Talal (Arabic: حسين بن طلال‎, Ḥusayn bin Ṭalāl; 14 November 1935 – 7 Februar 1999) wis the third Keeng o Jordan frae the abdication o his faither, Keeng Talal, in 1952, till his daith. Hussein lead Jordan throu the Cauld War an fower decades o Arab-Israeli conflict. He recognised Israel in 1994, becomin the seicont Arab heid o state tae dae sae.

Hussein's faimily claims a line o strynd frae the Islamic prophet Muhammad. "We are the family o the prophet an we are the auldest tribe in the Arab warld," the king ance said o his Hashemite ancestry.