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King Hussein of Jordan #69633412
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His Majesty King Hussein I of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan receives an honorary degree in a ceremony from The American University in Washington, DC, in April, 1977. A Sunni Muslim with a pro-Western bent, and father of Modern Jordan, he traced his ancestry directly to the Prophet Mohammad. He ruled Jordan from 1952 until his death at 63 in 1999.
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