Abdullah I bin al-Hussein; King of Jordan [鈥楢bd Allah ibn al-Husayn; ??? ???? ????? ?? ??????]; February 1882 - 20 July 1951; born in Mecca; Second Saudi State; (in modern-day Saudi Arabia) was the second of three sons of Sherif Hussein bin Ali; Sharif and Emir of Mecca and his first wife Abdiyya bint Abdullah (d. 1886).

He was educated in Istanbul; Turkey and Hijaz. From 1909 to 1914; Abdullah sat in the Ottoman legislature; as deputy for Mecca; but allied with Britain during World War I. Between 1916 to 1918; working with the British guerrilla leader T. E. Lawrence; he played a key role as architect and planner of the Great Arab Revolt against Ottoman rule; leading guerrilla raids on garrisons.

He was the ruler of Transjordan and its successor state; Jordan; from 1921 to 1951鈥攆irst as Emir under a British Mandate from 1921 to 1946; then as King of an independent nation from 1946 until his assassination in 1951.Herbert Louis Samuel; 1st Viscount Samuel GCB OM GBE PC (6 November 1870 - 2 February 1963) was a British politician and diplomat.

Sir Wyndham Henry Deedes CMG DSO (10 March 1883 - 2 September 1956) was a British Brigadier General and was also the Chief secretary to the British High Commissioner of the British Mandate of Palestine.