Colonel William A. Phillips

Prince Nayef bin Abdullah (14 November 1914 – 12 October 1983)^[1] was the younger son of King Abdullah I of Jordan, by his second wife, Suzdil Khanum.

Nayef attended Victoria College in Cairo. He underwent Military training in Turkey, being assigned as the honorary Aide-de-Camp of the Turkish President Ismet Inönü between April 1939 until shortly before the outbreak of World War II in September the same year.^[2] He became regent of Jordan on 20 July 1951, following the assassination of Abdullah, because his older half-brother King Talal was reportedly suffering from poor health. Nayef ruled in his brother's stead until 6 September 1951, when Talal was judged fit to assume his royal duties. Nayef died in Jordan on 12 October 1983.

Honours

• Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Supreme Order of the Renaissance (Kingdom of Jordan).^{[citation needed]}
• Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Independence (Kingdom of Jordan).^{[citation needed]}
• Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of the Star of Jordan (Kingdom of Jordan).^{[citation needed]}
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit (Spain, 5 September 1949).^[3]
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Military Merit (with white distinctive) (Spain, 6 September 1949).^[4]
• Knight Grand Cross (Special Class) of the Order of the Two Rivers (Kingdom of Iraq).^{[citation needed]}

Ancestry

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