Prince Nayef bin Abdullah

Prince Nayef bin Abdullah
الأمير نايف بن عبدالله
Regent of Jordan
Prince Nayef at the coronation of his father, King Abdullah I, Amman, 1946
Born14 November 1914
Ta'if, Kingdom of Hejaz Kingdom of Hejaz
Died12 October 1983(1983-10-12) (aged 68)
Amman, Jordan
Burial
Royal Mausoleum, Raghadan Palace
SpouseMihrimah Sultan
Issue
Names
Nayef bin Abdullah bin Hussein bin Ali
نايف بن عبدالله بن الحسين بن علي
HouseHashemite
FatherAbdullah I of Jordan
MotherSuzdil Khanum
ReligionIslam

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.

  1. ^ Bein, Amit (2017-11-09). Kemalist Turkey and the Middle East. Cambridge University Press. pp. 95–96. ISBN 978-1-107-19800-5.