Prince Nayef bin Abdullah (14 November 1914 – 12 October 1983) was the younger son of
King Abdullah I of Jordan, by his second wife, Suzdil
Khanum
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.
Nayef attended Victoria College in
Cairo
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. He underwent Military training in
Turkey
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, being assigned as the honorary
Aide-de-Camp of the Turkish President
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between April 1939 until shortly before the outbreak of
World War II
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in September the same year. He became regent of
Jordan
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on 20 July 1951, following the assassination of Abdullah, because his older half-brother
King Talal
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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.
Honours
* Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the
Supreme Order of the Renaissance
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History
The order was instituted in 1917 by Emir Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca. According to correspondence between the ...
(Kingdom of Jordan).
* Knight Grand Cordon of the
Order of Independence
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Criteria
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Posthumous may refer to:
* Posthum ...
(Kingdom of Jordan).
* Knight Grand Cordon of the
Order of the Star of Jordan
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(Kingdom of Jordan).
* Knight Grand Cross of the
Order of Civil Merit
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(Spain, 5 September 1949).
* Knight Grand Cross of the
Order of Military Merit (with white distinctive) (Spain, 6 September 1949).
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* Knight Grand Cross (Special Class) of the Order of the Two Rivers
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History
It was named after the two rivers the Euphrates and the Tigris that flow thro ...
(Kingdom of Iraq).
Ancestry
References
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Jordanian princes
1914 births
1983 deaths
House of Hashim
Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit
Grand Cordons of the Order of Independence (Jordan)
Sons of kings
20th-century Jordanian people