Ammon News - By Mohammad Qaseem Mohammad Ghadi - Australia

Jordan's Legislative Council passed the fifth in the twenty-fifth of the historic decision in May 1946 which declared the independence of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan lined with golden letters the story of state formation as a basis for the Jordanian Arab renaissance that carried the burden of responsibility and stressed the Arab character thus restoring the Arabs to former glory.

It was Jordan the first Arab countries which carried the characteristics of a constitutional state, and was a model country to form an independent state, since that stepped forward Highness Prince Abdullah Bin Al-Hussein (King Founder) Land Jordan when he was received by Ma'an in the atheist and the twentieth of November 1920 he announced that his goal is specified is the country's liberation from colonialism.

Upon the arrival of His Royal Highness Prince Abdullah, to Maan started his career by issuing a statement on the fifth of December 1920 called for the Arab officers and tribal leaders to join him in Maan, where the tour was off Foundation on Monday, the twenty-eighth of February 1921 for the landing bakacad in Amman on Wednesday afternoon the second of March of the same year to be that day, the day heralds birth of East Jordan, which grew and was completed to become the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in the twenty-fifth of May 1946.

Then sent the British High Commissioner Herbert Samuel, many of the reports to the British government from the beginning of the month of January 1920 talking about the increased activity in the region, al-Hashemi, and Oman became the focus of all the Liberal and National, which was designated by the French authorities and British outlaws.

Where it was not long until HRH Prince Abdullah invitation of Sir Samuel to visit Jerusalem and meet with the Colonial Secretary Winston Churchill answered his call, and took talks HH in Jerusalem with the Churchill three rounds in 28 and 29 and March 30, 1921, was to be examined many issues in the light of What created by the Conference of the Middle East in the twelfth of March 1921, as well as the recommendations of the Lawrence and recommendations and suggestions of Samuel.

The success of his negotiations with Churchill was the reason for issuing a decision of the League of Nations which was a timely recognition of international legitimacy in eastern Jordan as a geographic and political independent, where the decision was made later in the twenty-third of September 1922.

After the end of his talks he returned to Oman to initiate the formation of the first government in Jordan atheist th of April 1921, headed by Rashid Tali has been named a timely manner on behalf of the President (Administrative Clerk) and was named to the Council (Council of consultants) which consisted of seven members.

In spite of the many events that took place in the East Jordan targeted the country's security and stability, but the Amir Abdullah Bin Al Hussein has continued in his plan, which aimed at achieving independence and the completion of the constitutional state action.

To this end, His Highness visited London on the third of October 1922 and returned in early January 1923 after lengthy negotiations which resulted in a draft treaty Jordan British.

The HRH spoke about his visit when he said "I am as I said to the multitudes in this position when I came to this area as you'll recall, that if I had a seventieth breath Vkdmtha all for the sake of nationalism and the nation of what you saw me you duty," adds His Royal Highness Prince Abdullah, and says, "and here announced Azmi rigor spokesman confirmed the former to make this country safer and support, rest for the proper management of diameters fans free of the presence of complaints of residents and Mgeoreha, and I hope I hit this image as he deems lovers and home-seekers is good for him. "

As charted Jordan by building state institutions, it has also spread to the stage of the Declaration of Independence was over the two stages the first declaration of independence in the twenty-fifth of May 1923 and the second British recognition of this independence as the Mandatory Power under the resolution the League of Nations of the twenty-third of September 1922, came This recognition at the end of the month of October of the same year.

In order to prepare for these stages was held at the fifteenth of May 1923 an official ceremony attended by the men of Jordan, Palestine, and gave Amir a long speech initiated by the historic introduction to the glory of the Arab nation, "says Prince," has signed the Arab renaissance blessed by those chosen by God Almighty mainstay her and commander of affairs ...." .

He spoke of His Highness the Amir for his negotiations with the king of Britain, valuing the recognition of independence and the government will proceed to amend the election law and the development of the Basic Law for the Eastern Jordan, said his independence: "I hope that this day luck of the nation taken as a festival showing pleasure and Ahburha and Him draw help .. ". .

But what is stated in an interview with Sir Herbert Samuel on the same occasion and celebration of the day was a clear message that British recognition of independence was not complete when he said "Here we are now celebrating, the agreement contract with the Prince during his visit to His Majesty King George and the British government, is no secret you that the agreement provides for the recognition of His Majesty's Government the existence of an independent government in East Jordan, chaired by His Highness Prince Abdullah Bin Al Hussein, provided that you agree that the United Association, and the Government of East Jordan constitutionality of His Majesty the King was able to carry out its international obligations with respect to that country by agreement meeting between the two governments. "

Has continued reconstruction procedure and the building of the armed forces and improve the institutions of a constitutional state that the Treaty was held between His Highness Prince Abdullah Bin Al Hussein, King of Britain, which authorized the Marshal (Plover), where the Treaty was signed in Jerusalem on the twentieth of February 1928.

These included the Treaty twenty-one articles, was the most important in which he said of the principles of development of a basic law of any constitution for the country and the waiver of the British government for legislative and executive branches of Prince Abdullah Bin Al Hussein and remains Britain's right to maintain military forces on its soil and enable them to forces whenever you want and how you want In addition to the UK to ensure the territorial sovereignty of the country.

In order to regulate the affairs of state and lay the foundations of democracy, held the first legislative elections followed by the opening of the first session of the Legislative Council first held in the east of Jordan on the second Saturday of November 1929, where he delivered His Highness Prince Abdullah's speech from the throne in which he reviewed the events of time, he said late in the his speech "I have carried to the British High Commissioner to East Jordan on his recent visit to the text of the Treaty of His Britannic Majesty, together with a letter from His Excellency saying he had ordered that surrounds us note the recognition of King existence of an independent government in the east of Jordan and that he had been entrusted to us by law and by the administration in the emirate without under non-reservations provided for in the Convention on the eastern Jordan, and that leads us to lead the royal princes and heads of state greeting familiar. "

And, consequently, the text of the recognition of the independence of East Jordan, which was released in the twenty-ninth of October 1929 signing of an official from the British High Commissioner to the east of Jordan: "His Royal Highness Prince Abdullah bin al-Hussein, Emir of Transjordan in Amman, has been ordered to inform Your Highness note that based on the recognition of His Majesty the King the existence of an independent government in the east of Jordan, including that he had been entrusted to Your Highness legislation and administration in the emirate without restrictions other than reservations under the Convention on East Jordan, it was announced by His Majesty's approval to launch a twenty-one gun salute to your Highness in circumstances familiar a greeting that is usually performed for the prince royal and heads of state. " Thereby achieving the independence of the Emirate of Transjordan, which was known as the Government of the Arab Middle East in 1929 in the twenty-ninth of the month of October.

The active impact of these developments, the Democratic Movement in Jordan, especially after that ensured that the Basic Law for the Eastern Jordan, which was issued in the sixteenth of April 1928 and consisted of seventy articles in seven chapters on the rights of the people and the duties of the prince and his rights and legislation, the judiciary and the administration and effectiveness of laws and judgments.

Here appeared several parties, including the Independence Party, the Arab who is accustomed to its inception in 1921, when the request of His Highness Prince Abdullah, Rashid Tali a political party, The Party of the Covenant of the Arab announced that its program is based on the independence of all Arab countries under the administration of King Hussein bin Ali and his sons, and return its establishment to in 1921 and the Assembly of the Arab Middle East, which called for the independence of the natural borders Syria and Jordan's People's Party which was formed in 1927.

The period between the signing of the Jordanian-British treaty in 1923, and until the declaration of independence of Jordan in
1946 was eventful, apart from the Free Democratic political activity which is guaranteed by the Basic Law for the Eastern Jordan.

And broke the Palestinian revolution in 1936 that stood Jordanians with her, and raised aware of the Great Arab Revolt slogan, and then World War II began in 1939, which reiterated the events of World War I in the region, and during the war were contacts with Britain's declaration of full independence of the state of Jordan was the response of Britain that concern currently in the war prevents them from thinking about such issues.

After the emergence of the United Nations in the twenty-fifth of April 1945 in San Francisco and directed the government of Jordan a memorandum to the British government in the twenty-seventh of June 1945 called for the initiation of negotiations to declare the independence of East Jordan has received the British policy an invitation to His Highness Prince Abdullah at the beginning of 1946.

After recognition of the British government at a meeting of the UN body on the seventeenth of January 1946 that East Jordan to the level of development calls for an end to him and give him the assignment of Independence began formal negotiations with the Jordanian side.

He traveled Prince Abdullah on the twentieth of February 1946 accompanied by an official delegation from the government headed by Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Hashim, and conducted negotiations with the British government ended in a treaty signed in the twenty-second of March 1946 by Ibrahim Hashim from East Jordan, Ernest Bevin, British Foreign Secretary, which occurred in final on the seventeenth of June 1946, where the treaty provides for bilateral cooperation in all areas as well as British recognition of the independence of East Jordan, and that the duration of the treaty of twenty-five years.

In view of these developments have coalesced Legislative Council Jordanian fifth in the twenty-fifth of May 1946, read the note by the President of Ministers of the fifteenth of May 1946, which supports the decision to declare the country on behalf of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on the basis of the right of self-determination and the promises of the United Nations and because of the sacrifices made by Jordan commitment to treaties and conventions.

It came in the text of the historic decision that declared the independence of Jordan on behalf of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: "an investigation of the Amani national and pursuant to the desire of public expressed by the municipal councils of Jordan in its reporting to the Legislative Council, based on the rights of the country's legitimate, natural, and holy war prolonged and got it from promises and international covenants informal, and based on what proposed by the Council of Ministers in his note No. 521 dated 3 May Hereafter 1365, corresponding to 05/15/1946 The search of the Legislative Council MP for the Jordanian people is the independence of the country of Jordan full independence on the basis of the system of constitutional monarchy, with the pledge of allegiance to King master of the country and founder of existence (Abdullah Bin Al Hussein), also discussed amending the basic law of Jordan on this basis under the purview of constitutional, and the deliberation and consultation decided unanimously to declare the country of Jordan a fully independent state and of government ownership and genetic parliamentary and allegiance to King master of the country and founder of the existence and heir to the Arab Renaissance (Abdullah Bin Al Hussein) as a constitutional monarch at the head of the Jordanian title of His Majesty the King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. "

And endorsed by His Majesty the King on the founding resolution the Declaration of Independence first source of the will of the Royal Decree Moaha resolution the following words: "dependent on God I agree on this resolution grateful to the people and confident of my Government ..." Has been a big celebration presented its instrument of fealty to King and dedicate King Koran honest from the mayor of Amman and speeches several Old King by saying: "It is a yes to God that people realize that the Crown complex expectation and the symbol of the appearance of his conscience and the unity of feeling, but he is God and the commandment of His messengers customers that he read the King of justice and the fear of God because of Justice based on the King, and the head of wisdom is the fear of God, and we are in the face of the burdens of our King and the teachings we have embarked and the balance of our ancestors, Almthabron the help of God to serve our people and the empowerment of our country and cooperate with our brothers the kings of the Arabs and their superiors for the good of all the Arabs and the glory of the whole humanity .. "

As a result of economic development and social and political structure of the population during the eighteen years after the issuance of the Basic Law in 1928, became necessary after independence to modify or change, has been the new constitution after the Declaration of Independence and was approved by the Legislative Council in the twenty-eighth of November 1946.
Jordan has developed a constitutionally increasingly determined to achieve unity, freedom and a better life and work in service of Arab causes fought the Arab army in the 1948 war and made martyrs and keep Jerusalem and the West Bank.

This has been the country is always the country of the principles and nobility and loyalty to the Hashemite leadership Proud belonging to the soil of the Arab country, who says his late Majesty King Hussein Bin Talal, God rest his soul, "and your country, Jordan, that is the inheritor of the principles of the Great Arab Revolt in unity, freedom and independence for all Arabs, lived on Square dear from the yards of the national struggle since fluttered in the sky led by Abdullah Bin Al-Hussein, a leader of the leaders of the Great Arab Revolt and the founder of Jordan, was surrounded and a falsehood many men the first generation and the people of the former of the sons of Jordan and Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula and the other from the land of Arabism, gathering one hopes and goals of the endless march of one. "

And continue the march of Alhashimin in construction and giving a legacy carrier, the Great Arab Revolt of the Jordan become a model for the expansion of popular participation and activation of the consolidation of democracy under the leadership of the enhanced Sovereign Majesty King Abdullah II, who bears the burden of the march together for the elevation of the homeland and the dignity of his people.

Says King may God protect him, addressing the elders home and Members of the Parliament at the opening of the second regular session of the Council of the nation's fifteenth, "and you are elite, selected from the people of Jordan afternoon, who is seeking a better future, and the completion of the state of institutions, which inherited a Great Arab Revolt, and grandsons of leaders who have devoted themselves, for the elevation of this country and the dignity of people loyal to the principles of the Revolution and its noble mission. "

Congratulations to the family of Jordan's Independence Day sixty-fifth and more significant achievements on the path of goodness and generosity and prosperity under the leadership of His Majesty King Abdullah II, may God protect him.

Mohammad Qaseem Mohammad Ghadi - Australia