​The Political Opposition in TransJordan

1921-1946

 This study examines the political opposition in eastern Jordan in the period from 1921-1946 AD because of its importance in eastern Jordan in terms of its role in achieving independence. This study consisted of an introduction, two chapters, and a conclusion. The introduction dealt with the arrival of Prince Abdullah, the French, British, and local reactions, and the Abdullah-Churchill agreement. The first chapter talks about the political parties and the opposition from 1921-1946 AD, explaining what these parties did in terms of their rejection of the mandate and the British-Jordanian treaty, their impact on various issues, the most important ways the parties took to express their opinions, the movement of the opposition outside the borders of Trans-Jordan, and the most important actions they undertook. The second chapter shows: the role of the opposition in the five legislative councils from 1929-1946 and the opposition’s position on various issues such as the Jordanian-British Treaty of 1928, foreign interference in the judiciary, the granting of foreign privileges and foreign treaties, the election law, the separation of powers, and the economic crisis. The study relied on a group of unpublished and published documents, Arabic and foreign books, newspapers, periodicals, and notes that were included in the list of sources and references. This study concluded with a set of facts, the most important of which is that the Jordanian opposition has a presence on the Arab scene in general and the Jordanian arena in particular. It raised problems, developed solutions, and the opposition fought until it achieved the country’s independence.

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