DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SOURCES . . . EXTERNAL FILES

Country Profiles

from BBC Country Profiles; from World Desk Reference ; from Nations Encyclopedia; from Wikipedia; from CIA World Factbook, countries - Jordan; from Nations Online Library of Congress, Country Studies : Jordan Article : Jordan, from Encyclopedia of the Orient

Links, General

from Library of Congress, Portals to the World; from BUBL Category : Jordan, from Wikipedia

Links, on History

from Virtual Library History;

Historical Dictionaries

Historical Maps

click here

Timelines

Timeline, from BBC News, from timelines.ws British Empire Map Room : Transjordan, with timeline, narrative history

Accounts of History

from Wikipedia, from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, from Encyclopedia of the Orient

Encyclopedia Entries

Politics

Political Resources on the Web : Jordan; Article Politics of Jordan, from Wikipedia Governments on the WWW : Jordan List of Jordanian Political Parties, from Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Jordan Profile, from International Crisis Group

Military

Wars of Jordan, 1919-1999, from ACED Aqaba 1949, from Britain's Small Wars Orders, Decorations and Medals of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, from ODM CASCON Case AIW : Arab-Israeli War 1967, by L.P. Bloomfield, L. Moulton CASCON Case YJW : Yarmuk / Jordan Waters, 1948-, by L.P. Bloomfield, L. Moulton Article Black September in Jordan, from Wikipedia; dito, from ACED, from Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Economy & Finances

A Global History of Currencies : Jordan Article : Economy of Jordan, from Wikipedia; from Encyclopedia of the Orient, from Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Global Integrity : Jordan 2007 History, from Arab Bank Jordan Article Amman Stock Exchange, from Wikipedia

Ethnography, Demography

Languages of Jordan (9), from Ethnologue Forced Migration Online Research Guides : Palestinian Refugees in Jordan; Jordan Refugee Cam Profiles, from UNRWA Migration Information Source : Jordan World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : Jordan A. Jaimoukha, The Circassians in Jordan; The Circassians in Jordan and Syria, from Circassian World The People of Jordan, from Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Religion

Article Religion in Jordan, from Wikipedia, Category : Religion in Jordan, from Wikipedia International Religious Freedom Report 2003 : Jordan, from U.S. Department of State Catholic Church in Jordan, from Catholic Hierarchy

History of Regions

Provinces of Jordan, Sub-Districts of Jordan, from www.statoids.com see History of the West Bank at this site

History of Cities

Category : Cities in Jordan, from Wikipedia History of Amman, from Wikipedia, from Encyclopedia of the Orient History of Aqaba, from Wikipedia, from Encyclopedia of the Orient

Institutions

History of the Hijaz Railway, from Nabataea.net, from Encyclopedia of the Orient Article : Transport in Jordan, from Wikipedia History, from the University of Jordan Jordan, from Airline History Structurae : Jordan

Bibliographies

Search ISBN Database for Trans-Jordan, Jordan Jordan, from Online Books Page Bibliography on the History of Ottoman Jordan, from Virtual Karak Online Books on the History of Jordanian Architecture, posted by ArchNet Datenbasis Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde (Data Base on International Relations and Country Studies), keywords Jordanien, Jordan (site in German, most titles listed in English; hundreds of entries; publications mostly since 1970) Search RHS Bibliography for Jordan, Transjordan Search UK National Archive Online Library for Jordan, Transjordan A. Jaimoukha, The Circassians in Jordan, a Bibliography

Biographies

List of Jordanians, from Wikipedia

Others

Search International Boundary Studies for Jordan National Labour Law Profile : Jordan, from ILO Alcohol and Drugs History Society : Jordan Crime and Society. A Comparative Criminology Tour of the World : Jordan Article : Jordan at the Olympics, from Wikipedia Disaster History by Country : Jordan, from Relief Web Palearctic Ecoregion, from WWF Registration of Land in Palestine and Trans-Jordan before 1948, from Your Archives Lilach Grunfeld, Jordan River Dispute, ICE Case Studies 1997

DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SOURCES . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS

Lists of Statesmen

from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon); from Rulers (B. Schemmel); from Regnal Chronologies from World Rulers (E. Schulz, illustrated) List of Kings of Jordan, from Wikipedia List of Prime Ministers of Jordan, from Wikipedia

Lists of Ambassadors

List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Jordan, from Wikipedia; U.S. Ambassadors to Jordan, from NNDB; Chinese Ambassadors to Jordan, from PRC MOFA

Population Figures

Historical Population Statistics : Hungary, from Population Statistics at Univ. Utrecht Population of Cities : Jordan, from City Population

Document Collections

The History of Jordan, from World History Archives List of Ratifications of International Labour Conventions by Jordan, from ILO, 19 docs. since 1956 Historical Documents, from MidEastWeb Internet Law Library : Jordan Historic Picture Postcards, from Postcardman, commercial site Search Hansard for Trans-Jordan, Jordan U.S. Dept. of State, Office of the Historian, Foreign Relations of the United States 1969-1976, vol.24, Middle East Region and Arabian Peninsula 1969-1972, Jordan 1970 Search CIA Released Documents for Jordan

Online Newspapers

links from Online Newspapers, from World Newspapers

Election Results

from Psephos

Archives, Musea, Libraries

Search National Archives for Trans-Jordan, Jordan National Archives of Jordan, from International Directory of Design Libraries in Jordan, links from LibDex Museums in Jordan, from Guide2Jordan; Museums & Galleries in Jordan, by Najeeb Layyous Jordan, from Showcaves

National Symbols

Flag, from FOTW National Anthem, from national-anthems.net

Coins, Banknotes

Banknotes of Jordan, from World Currency Museum, from Ron Wise's World Paper Money; Coins and Currency of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Jordan Coins, from Don's World Coin Gallery

Stamps

Rare Jordan Stamps, from Sandafayre Stamp Gallery

Others

License plates from Jordan, from Francoplaque; from License Plates of the World Passport, from World Passports, scroll down Airline Timetable Images : Jordan

PRINTED REFERENCES

Online Libraries

Internet Archive, Search International Boundary Studies for Jordan

On the Middle East

Ritchie Ovendale, The Longman Companion to the Middle East since 1914, London etc.: Longman 1994 [G]

General Accounts

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Macropaedia, Vol.22, pp.370-378 Article Jordan. KMLA Lib. Call Sign R 032 B862h v.22 Philip Robins, A History of Jordan, Cambridge : UP 2004, KMLA Lib. Call Sign 956.9504 R657h G.L. Harris, Jordan Its People Its Society Its Culture (1958), posted on Internet Archive

Specific Periods

Chapter 5 : The Arab Struggle for Independence, pp.70-91; 6 : The Second World War, pp.92-104, 7 : Post-War Unsettlement, pp.105-113, in : Peter Mansfield, The Ottoman Empire and its Successors, London : MacMillan (1973) 1976 [G] The Arab World pp.541-553, Kings of the Middle East pp.554-572 in : John Gunther, Inside Asia, 1942 War Edition, NY : Harper & Brothers (1938) 1942 [G] B. Schwadran, Jordan A State Of Tension (1959), posted on Internet Archive King Hussein I., Uneasy Lies The Head The Autobiograpahy Of His Majesty King Hussein I Of The Hashemite Kingdom Of Jordan (1962), posted on Internet Archive W. Ewing, Arab and Druze at home; a record of travel and intercourse with the peoples east of the Jordan (1907), posted on Internet Archive

Historical Dictionary

Yearbooks

Article : Trans-Jordan, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1944 p.701, 1945 p.701, 1946 pp.737-738, 1947 p.759, 1948 p.733, 1949 pp.633-634, 1950 pp.395-396, 1951 p.399, 1952 pp.398-399, 1953 p.395, 1954 p.395, 1955 p.447, 1956 p.384, 1957 pp.446-447, 1958 p.384, 1959 pp.380-381, 1960 pp.374-375, 1961 pp.380-381, 1962 pp.374-375, 1963 pp.491-492, 1964 p.477, 1965 p.465, 1966 pp.437-438, 1967 pp.458-459, 1968 pp.460-461, 1969 p.447, 1970 p.449, 1971 pp.429-430, 1972 p.399, 1973 pp.393-394, 1974 pp.396-397, 1975 pp.421-422, 1976 pp.449-450, 1977 pp.441-442, 1978 pp.475-476, 1979 pp.469-470, 1980 pp.472-473, 1981 pp.473-475, 1982 pp.472-474, 1983 pp.467-468, 1984 pp.466-467, 1985 pp.490, 714, 1986 pp.485-486, 712, 1987 pp.453-454, 680, 1988 pp.413-414, 632, 1989 pp.413-414, 633, 1990 pp.430-431, 648, 1991 pp.410-411, 633, 1992 pp.384-385, 632, 1993 pp.387, 640, 1994 pp.386-387, 641, 1995 pp.431, 641, 1996 pp.429, 641, 1997 pp.439, 639, 2002 pp.451, 645 [G] Article : Trans-Jordan, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1924 pp.186-187, 1925 p.190, 1926 pp.194-195, 1928 pp.191-192, 1929 pp.191-194, 1932 pp.195-197, 1937 pp.213-216, 1943 pp.205-208 [G] Article : Jordan, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1970-1971 pp.1101-1104, 1975-1976 pp.1096-1098, 1976-1977 pp.1101-1104, 1978-1979 pp.744-747, 1979-1980 pp.744-753, 1980-1981 pp.748-751, 1981-1982 pp.751-754, 1983-1984 pp.750-753, 1984-1985 pp.751-754, 1985-1986 pp.753-756, 1986-1987 pp.753-756, 1987-1988 pp.756-760, 1988-1989 pp.758-762, 1989-1990 pp.767-771, 1990-1991 pp.768-772, 1991-1992 pp.768-772, 1992-1993 pp.844-848, 1993-1994 pp.837-841, 1994-1995 pp.830-834, 1995-1996 pp.827-831, 1996-1997 pp.768-772, 1997-1998 pp.777-781, 1998-1999 pp.833-837, 2000 pp.954-958, 2001 pp.931-935, 2002 pp.968-973, 2003 pp.971-976, 2004 pp.976-981, 2005 pp.982-987, 2006 pp.980-985 [G] Article : Jordan, in : The World in Figures 1st ed. 1976 pp.179-180, 2nd ed. 1978 pp.179-180, 4th ed. 1984 pp.178-179 [G] Entry : Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Cabinet, pp.53-54; Background Notes, pp.745-749, in : Countries of the World and their Leaders Yearbook, 2003 [G] Article : Transjordania or Kerak, in : Americana Annual 1927 p.830, 1928 pp.759-760, 1930 p.749, 1931 pp.744-745, 1932 p.693, 1933 pp.746-747, 1934 p.578, 1935 pp.697-698, 1936 pp.708-709, 1937 p.683, 1938 pp.677-678, 1939 p.743, 1940 p.762, 1943 p.708, 1944 p.683, 1945 p.698 [G] Article : Transjordan, in : Americana Annual 1946 p.721, 1947 pp.703-704 [G] Article : Jordan, in : Americana Annual 1957 pp.423-425, 1961 pp.399-400, 1962 pp.404-406, 1963 pp.364-366, 1964 pp.362-363, 1965 p.381, 1967 pp.385-386, 1968 pp.382-383, 1969 pp.387-389, 1970 pp.391-392, 1971 pp.384-385, 1972 p.379, 1973 p.383, 1974 p.321, 1976 p.322, 1988 pp.302-303, 1989 pp.304-305, 1990 pp.299-300, 1992 pp.305-306, 1993 pp.305-306, 1994 pp.303-304, 1998 pp.297-298, 2006 p.221 [G] Entry : Jordan, pp.606-611 in : IMF, International Financial Statistics Yearbook 2001 [G] Article : Trans-Jordania, in : New International Year Book 1923 p.747, 1925 p.700, 1928 pp.751-752, 1930 p.750, 1932 p.791, 1933 p.794, 1934 pp.690-691, 1935 p.708, 1938 pp.728-729, 1939 pp.764-765, Events in 1940 p.743, 1941 pp.659-660, 1942 pp.689-690, 1943 pp.643-644, 1944 pp.624-625, 1945 pp.608-609 [G] Article : Trans-Jordan, in : Funk & Wagnall's New Standard Encyclopedia Year Book 1932 p.506, 1933 p.498, 1935 p.503, 1936 pp.492-493, 1937 pp.493-494, 1938 p.494, Mandated Territories : Trans-Jordan, 1938 p.354, 1944 p.378, 1946 pp.420-421 [G] Article : Jordan, in : Funk & Wagnall's New Standard Encyclopedia Year Book 1952 pp.225-226, 1961 p.178, 1983 p.210 [G] Article : Jordan, in : Yearbook on International Communist Affairs 1976 pp.551-554 (Norman F. Howard), 1980 pp.417-420 (N.F.H.) [G]