Majali (Arabic: المجالي) is a prominent Jordanian political family that has been based in the town of Al Karak since at least the 1770s.[1] The Majali family originate from the Tamimi family and were named Al-Majali when they were exiled from Al-Khalil/Hebron by the Ottoman rule at the time.[2] Family members were in Al Karak for long periods of time and served both the Ottoman Turks and the Hashemite family that has ruled Jordan since 1921. They have occupied senior positions in the government and military.[3]

Notable figures

  • Tawfeq al-Majali (1880–1920), Jordanian representative in the Ottoman Parliament (Maba'othan)
  • Premier Hazza' al-Majali (1916–1960), Prime Minister of Jordan
  • H.E Ayman Hazza' al-Majali (21st Century), Deputy Prime Minister of Jordan
  • Eteiwi Al-Majali (1950–2015), Member of the House of Representatives
  • Field Marshal Habis Al-Majali (1914–2001), Jordanian Chief of Staff
  • Premier Abdelsalam Al-Majali (1925–2023), Prime Minister of Jordan
  • Nasouh Salim Al Majali, Minister of Culture and Information, 1989-1990
  • Lt. Gen. Hussein Al-Majali (born 1960), Commandant of Jordanian Public Security Forces
  • Lt. Gen. Basheer Al-Majali (born 1960), Member of the Arab Interior Ministers Council
  • Brig.General Abdelmajid Almajali, was a Jordanian commander in the Arab-Israeli 1967 war.
  • Samer Al-Majali (21st century), Jordanian businessman
  • Rakan Al Majali (21st century), Former Minister of State for Media Affairs and Communications Jordan
  • Nasr Almajali 1952 Journalist Jordan UAE and United kingdom

References

  1. ↑ The Modern History of Jordan. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.
  2. ↑ Lancaster, Fidelity (2013), People, Land and Water in the Arab Middle East: Environments and Landscapes in the Bilad Ash-Sham, Routledge, p. 122, ISBN 9781134411344
  3. ↑ Wilson, Mary. King Abdullah, Britain, and the Making of Jordan. Cambridge, U.K., and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987.
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