POLS 157 Chapter NA: King Abdullah, Britain and the Making of Jordan :
28 Jan 2020
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Jan. 1948, king of transjordan (abdullah) sent government ministers to london for the stated purpose of negotiating some minor points with the anglo-transjordanian treaty. Since wwii, palestine was the most difficult/important issue of britain"s in the middle east: threatened to destroy britain"s position in the region, could topple their allies too. The un had recently recommended a partition between arab and jewish communities in. Palestine, but britain didn"t want to be responsible for imposing this: gave up mandate and withdrew from palestine in may 1948. Britain"s objective in palestine was to withdraw without loss of life and retain its power and influence: once they declared their withdrawal, they couldn"t control events. Britain wanted the areas of palestine designated as arab by the un to be taken over by transjordan (1) without britain king abdullah and transjordan wouldn"t have survived through the 1920s. Transjordan had no natural resources, a tiny population (approx.
