The Long Road to Independence

Abstract

By the late 1920s there was no longer any dispute about the existence of either state or regime in Transjordan. Britain was the mandate overlord in the emirate; Prince Abdullah was the titular head of the regime; a combination of British officials and a largely imported administrative class presided over the government of the country; and Amman was established as the growing power centre of the state. 1 Peace and order prevailed in the settled part of the country, if not in the majority of its territory.