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| Prince Nayef bin Abdullah الأمير نايف بن عبدالله | |||||
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| Regent of Jordan | |||||
 Prince Nayef at the coronation of his father, King Abdullah I, Amman, 1946 | |||||
| Born | 14 November 1914 Ta'if,  Kingdom of Hejaz | ||||
| Died | 12 October 1983 (aged 68) Amman, Jordan | ||||
| Burial | Royal Mausoleum, Raghadan Palace | ||||
| Spouse | Mihrimah Sultan | ||||
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| House | Hashemite | ||||
| Father | Abdullah I of Jordan | ||||
| Mother | Suzdil Khanum | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
Prince Nayef bin Abdullah (Arabic: الأمير نايف بن عبدالله, al-Amir Nayif ibn ʿAbd Allāh; 14 November 1914 – 12 October 1983)[citation needed] was the younger son of King Abdullah I of Jordan, by his second wife, Suzdil Khanum. As a member of the Hashemite dynasty, the royal family of Jordan since 1921, Talal was a 39th-generation direct descendant of Muhammad.
Nayef attended Victoria College in Alexandria. He underwent Military training in Turkey, being assigned as the honorary Aide-de-Camp of the Turkish President Ismet Inönü between April 1939 until shortly before the outbreak of World War II in September the same year.[1] He became regent of Jordan on 20 July 1951, following the assassination of Abdullah, because his older half-brother King Talal was reportedly suffering from poor health. Nayef ruled in his brother's stead until 6 September 1951, when Talal was judged fit to assume his royal duties. Nayef died in Jordan on 12 October 1983.
- ^ Bein, Amit (2017-11-09). Kemalist Turkey and the Middle East. Cambridge University Press. pp. 95–96. ISBN 978-1-107-19800-5.