Word: jordania
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Theodore of Amasia lived and died for his faith in God many centuries ago. In his honor, the citizens of Jerash, Trans-jordania, built a church with three apses, a court and a fountain. The ruins of this church were found last week by a Yale Archeologist, one J. W. Crawfoot...
Arabia. Britain, as mandatory Power for Iraq, Palestine and Kerak (Trans-jordania), informed the Secretariat that those countries objected to paying the proportions of the Ottoman Public Debt assigned to them by the Treaty of Lausanne. An arbiter to be appointed by the Council of the League was suggested...
...land of sand, where camels are more numerous than locomotives, traveling is neither comfortable, rapid nor safe-even for Kings. King Hussein of Hedjas set out upon a tour of Arabia some weeks ago. Near Petra in Kerak (Trans-jordania) he was attacked last week by a band of Wahabis, who owe their allegiance to the Emir of Riyadh*, Abd el-Aziz es-Saud. After a long struggle, King Hussein's escort repelled the attackers. The trouble between King Hussein and the Emir of Riyadh is over the demarcation of the eastern boundary of Hedjas, the alleged aspiration...
...eyes of the civilized world, I appeal to the conscience of civilized nations and all honest people to condemn this persecution of a small nation and the criminals inspiring and carrying out these barbarous acts?the Bolshevik Government." This is part of a message received in Washington from Noe Jordania, described as the President of the National Government of Georgia...
...Jordania states that in one day the Bolsheviki executed 200 people, by order of the Cheka, without trial. The victims included women and children. Most of the men killed were of the educated classes...