Majali
Majali (Arabic: المجالي) is a Bedouin East Jordanian family who have resided in the town of Al Karak since at least the 1770s and the Majali rules all the tribes in town of AL Karak until the modern days now .[1] The Majali had emigrated to the city from Hebron.[2] Family members were in Al Karak for long periods of time and served both the Ottoman Turks and the Hashemite family that has ruled Jordan since 1921. They have occupied senior positions in the government and military.[3]
Notable Figures
- Premier Hazza' al-Majali (1916–1960), Prime Minister of Jordan
- H.E Ayman Hazza' al-Majali (21st Century), Deputy Prime Minister of Jordan
- Eteiwi Al-Majali (1950–2015), Member of the House of Representatives
- Field Marshal Habis Al-Majali (1914–2001), Jordanian Chief of Staff
- Premier Abdelsalam al-Majali (born 1925), Prime Minister of Jordan
- Lt. Gen. Basheer Al-Majali (born 1951), Director of Arab Bureau for Drug Control
- Lt. Gen. Hussein Al-Majali (born 1960), Commandant of Jordanian Public Security Forces
- Samer Al-Majali (21st century), Jordanian businessman
- Abdel Majid al-Majali, manager of Maktab al-Khidamat in Jordan.
- Rakan Al Majali (21st century) , Former Minister of State for Media Affairs and Communications Jordan
References
- ^ Salibi, Kamal.The Modern History of Jordan. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.
- ^ Lancaster, Fidelity (2013), People, Land and Water in the Arab Middle East: Environments and Landscapes in the Bilad Ash-Sham, Routledge, p. 122, ISBN 9781134411344
- ^ Wilson, Mary. King Abdullah, Britain, and the Making of Jordan. Cambridge, U.K., and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987.
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