Prince Hassan bin Talal (Arabic: حصن بن طلال) (born on March 20, 1947 in Amman, Jordan) is the son of King Talal and Zeini sh-Sharaf bint Jamil. He was brother of King Hussein. The Arabic language (; , less formally, ) is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Amman (Arabic عمان Ê¿Ammān), the capital of the Kingdom of Jordan, is a city of more than 1. ... The word king has many meanings: For the head of state, see Monarch. ... King Talal bin Abdullah (February 26, 1909 – July 7, 1972) was King of Jordan from July 20, 1951 until forced to abdicate due to health reasons (he suffered from schizophrenia) on August 11, 1952. ... Hussein bin Talal (Arabic: حسين بن طلال) (November 14, 1935 - February 7, 1999) was the King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan from 1952 to 1999. ...

In 1968, Prince Hassan married Pakistani Sarvath Ikramullah. From 1965-1999, he served as Crown Prince of Jordan in place of the King's son, Abdullah, who was still very young. Due to the number of assassination attempts on his life, King Hussein had worried about the potential risk of leaving Jordan in the hands of a child. King Hussein, terminally ill with cancer, later reverted the succession back to Abdullah (who was then 37 years old) on January 24th, 1999. The ailing King wanted his direct descendants on the throne, not his brother's. 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... King Abdullah and Queen Rania King Abdullah appears here at a summit in Mexico. ...

Prince Hassan was educated first in Amman, and then in the United Kingdom at Summerfields School, Harrow and Christchurch College, Oxford University. Prince Hassan is fluent in Arabic, English, French and German. He has a working knowledge of Turkish and Spanish, and did his university studies in Hebrew. Harrow is the principal town in the London Borough of Harrow. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Arabic can mean: From or related to Arabia From or related to the Arabs The Arabic language; see also Arabic grammar The Arabic alphabet, used for expressing the languages of Arabic, Persian, Malay ( Jawi), Kurdish, Panjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, among others. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than 6 million people, mainly in Israel, the West Bank, the United States and by Jewish communities around the world. ...

External links

• Prince Hassan Official Website
• Biography
• Picture of Prince Hassan (taken from the BBC)
• Prince Hassan's Project Syndicate op/eds