Trans-Jordan

One had 80% of the land and was called Trans-Jordan which morphed into the state Jordan.

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We passed through Dar'a in what was then called Trans-Jordan and our third night's stop was at Damascus, one of the oldest continuously occupied cities in the world and here things were much more civilised.

Coming of Age: 1939-1946 John Cox

League of Nations mandated the region known as Trans-Jordan to the British.

WN.com - Articles related to Tourism revenues up 28% in first half - report 2010

Ottoman Empire was carved up after World War I the League of Nations mandated the region known as Trans-Jordan to the British.

WN.com - Articles related to Tourism revenues up 28% in first half - report 2010

League of Nations mandated the region known as Trans-Jordan to the British.

WN.com - Articles related to Tourism revenues up 28% in first half - report 2010

Ottoman Empire was carved up after World War I the League of Nations mandated the region known as Trans-Jordan to the British.

WN.com - Articles related to Tourism revenues up 28% in first half - report 2010

At this time, Britain detached all of the area east of the Jordan River from Palestine and gave it to the Hashemi family called Trans-Jordan as an independent Arab state.

Latest Articles Beyond the Cusp 2010

More than 75\% of the original Palestine mandate -- the land east of the Jordan River, formerly known as Trans-Jordan and now known as the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan -- is an independent Arab state.

China Confidential 2009

What legal authority did Britain have to partition the original Palestine Mandate, which created Trans-Jordan (later called Jordan)?

Matthew Yglesias » The Madman Strategy 2009

Having earned the equivalent standard B.A. in architecture from Cambridge in 1933-35, Goell began doing archaeological field work in Jerusalem and Gerasa, Trans-Jordan, under the auspices of the American School of Oriental Research.

Personal Information for Theresa Goell Jewish Women's Archive 2010