🇵🇸Palestinians were citizens of 🇯🇴Jordan until 1988. It is important to know the facts.

These documents provide a detailed biographical and historical account of Jordan’s political and legal evolution, with a particular focus on the period following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Central to this narrative is Anwar Nuseibeh, a prominent statesman who served in various high-level capacities, including Minister of Defense and Governor of Jerusalem, during the integration of the West Bank. The sources describe the transition from a British Mandate to a unified Hashemite Kingdom, detailing how the state extended citizenship and legislative representation to Palestinian populations. Legal challenges from this era are highlighted, specifically the harmonization of disparate Ottoman and British penal codes and the complexities of managing a newly established border. Additionally, the texts offer a broad overview of Jordan’s modern infrastructure, demographic shifts, and its strategic role as a refuge for regional displaced persons. Collectively, the records illustrate how the kingdom’s institutional and legal frameworks were constructed to manage the geopolitical realities of a divided territory.