HRH Queen Zein al-Sharaf (1916-1994) was the consort of King Talal and Queen mother of the late King Hussein of Jordan. HRH is an abbreviation for the style His Royal Highness or Her Royal Highness. ... Year 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... 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. ... The title Queen Mother is a title reserved for a widowed Queen consort whose son/daughter from that union is the reigning monarch. ... 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. ...

Her Majesty Queen Zein al-Sharaf was one of the strongest pillars of the Jordanian monarchy and a highly intelligent women. She is remembered for her pioneering efforts in charitable works, and her support for women’s rights. The late Queen Mother was born in Egypt on August 2, 1916 and married King Talal bin Abdullah in 1934, with whom she bore three sons and a daughter; HRH King Hussein, HRH Prince Muhammad, HRH Prince El Hassan and HRH Princess Basma. Hussein bin Talal (Arabic: ; November 14, 1935 – February 7, 1999) was the King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan from 1952 to 1999. ... 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. ...

Queen Zein played a major role in the political development of the Kingdom in the early 1950s. She took part in the writing of the 1952 Constitution that gave full rights to women and enhanced the social development of the country, as for example in 1944 when she created the first women’s union in Jordan. Queen Zein’s political instincts and courage allowed her to successfully fill a constitutional vacuum after the assassination of the late King Abdullah in 1951, while the newly proclaimed King Talal was being treated outside the Kingdom. The Queen again performed this role in the period between August 1952, when King Hussein was proclaimed monarch, and May 1953 when His Majesty assumed his constitutional duties at the age of eighteen. 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Following the influx of Palestinian refugees into Jordan after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, she led national relief efforts to help the tens of thousands of refugees. She was also instrumental in establishing the women's branch of the Jordan National Red Crescent Society in 1948. Throughout her life, she tirelessly dedicated time and energy to the Um Al Hussein orphanage in Amman. A true pillar of modern Jordan, Queen Zein al-Sharaf is a symbol to all Arab women of the balance between Islamic tradition and a modern outlook. Combatants  Israel Egypt Syria Transjordan  Lebanon Saudi Arabia Iraq Holy War Army Arab Liberation Army Commanders Yaakov Dori Yigael Yadin Glubb Pasha Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni† Hasan Salama Fawzi al-Qawuqji Strength 29,677 initially–108,300 by December 1948 Egypt: 10,000 initially rising to 20,000 Iraq...