Interregnum (Transjordan)
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The Interregnum period in Transjordan was a short period during which the region had no established ruler or occupying power that lasted from the end of the Franco-Syrian War on 25 July 1920 until the
Herbert Samuel's proclamation in Salt, on 21 August 1920 in the courtyard of the Assumption of Our Lady Catholic Church. Samuel was admonished a few days later by Curzon, who instructed that: "There must be no question of setting up any British administration in that area".
Al Khazneh, Petra, Jordan
Establishment of the Emirate of Transjordan refers to the government that was set up in Transjordan on 11 April 1921, following a brief interregnum period.
Interregnum (Transjordan)
…period during which the region had no established ruler or occupying power that lasted from the end of the Franco-Syrian War on 25 July 1920 until the establishment of the Emirate of Transjordan on 11 April 1921. Transjordan was in the British sphere of influence, but the British did not send an army or administration, and the government of the…
Proclamation of Abdullah as leader of Transjordan, April 1921
Abdullah posing with British officials and his entourage on 28 March 1921 in front of the British Government House in Jerusalem.