JORDAN REMEMBERS KING WHO BUILT ARMENIAN CHURCH
June 04, 2014 | 10:49
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on Tuesday marked the 83rd anniversary
of the death of Sharif Hussein Bin Ali (1852-1931), who had funded
the building of an Armenian church.
Sharif Hussein, who was emir of Mecca and king of Hijaz, launched the
Great Arab Revolt in June 1916 with the objective of establishing an
independent and unified Arab state, The Jordan Times reported.
Instead, the dismembered Ottoman lands were carved into several
mandates and protectorates.
However, the Great Arab Revolt secured Arab rule over most of the
Arabian Peninsula, Syria and all of modern Jordan, founded by Sharif
Hussein’s son, King Abdullah I.
In 1926, he was exiled to Cyprus where he funded the building of an
Armenian church.
In 1931, the exiled king returned to Amman, where he died.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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