Hasan Abu Al-Huda Explained

Hasan Khaled Abu Al-Huda (ar|حسن خالد ابو الهدى; 1871 – 1937^[1]) was a politician who served as the 4th Prime Minister of Transjordan twice in 1923–24 and 1926–1931.^[2] He was Minister of Finance from 1924 to 1926.^[3]

Family and early life

Hasan Khaled was the son of Abu al-Huda al-Sayyadi, an Islamic scholar from Khan Shaykhun, Syria, who claimed descent from the Sufi saint Ahmad al-Rifa'i. Sayyadi was the leader of the Rifa'i Sufi order, the Sheikh al-Islam, the chief Naqib al-Ashraf and religious adviser of Sultan Abdulhamid II on Arab affairs.^{[4] [5] [6]} Hasan Khaled spent most of his childhood in Istanbul, where his family resided. He married an Egyptian of Turkish origins, Devlet Abu Gabal, with whom he had two daughters, Velia Abdel-Huda (1916-2012), an Oxford-educated socialite and art historian, and Halime Lima Hanımefendi (1919-2000), who married Şehzade Mehmed Nazım, the son of Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin;^[7] and a son, Taj al-Din, who, like his grandfather, had been more religiously inclined and was appointed president of the Aleppan Ashraf in 1942.^[8]

Following the Young Turk Revolution, Hasan Khaled is said to have escaped Istanbul to Paris, where he funded himself using the proceeds of a company which he sold. Later, he moved to Alexandria to reside with family. For a time, he resided in the house of Hussein al-Qasab. During this period, he is said to have intrigued with al-Qasab and other Arab nationalists.^[9]

Foreign honours

• United Kingdom:
  • Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire

See also

• Politics of Jordan

Notes and References

1. Abul Huda (December 23, 1936). The Times
2. Web site: دولة حسن خالد ابو الهدى. Arabic. Royal Heritage. 2 December 2019. 1 January 2018. 11 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210411154622/https://royalheritage.jo/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AB-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%85%D9%8A/%D8%B1%D8%A4%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%86-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D8%AF%D9%89/. dead.
3. Web site: Financial Ministers. mof.gov.jo.
4. Abu-Manneh. B. Sultan Abdulhamid II and Shaikh Abul Huda Al-Sayyadi. Middle Eastern Studies. May 1979. 15. 2. 131–153. 10.1080/00263207908700402.
5. Web site: Princess Lulie Abul-Huda Fevzi Osmanoglu (1919-2012) .
6. Mary C. Wilson, King Abdullah and the Making of Jordan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990, p. 14.
7. Web site: Princess Lulie Abul-Huda Fevzi Osmanoglu (1919-2012) .
8. Web site: مرسوم تعيين تاج الدين أبو الهدى الصيادي نقيباً للأشراف في حلب . 24 February 2019 .
9. Web site: خطابات نادرة.. صحفي لبناني يرسل لوزير الحربية التركي تحركات رئيس وزراء الأردن وبيعه لشركة الثلج - بوابة الأهرام . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031451/http://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/907481.aspx . 1 December 2017 . dead.