page_title: Establishment of the Emirate of Transjordan
section_title: Salt conference
hierarchical_section_title: Establishment of the Emirate of Transjordan / Salt conference
caption_attribution_description: English: 20 Aug 1920. The high commissioner's first visit to Transjordan, in Es-Salt.
context_page_description: Abdullah's entry into Transjordan on 21 November 1920 marked the beginning of the second period of Hashemite rule in the Transjordan region following a brief interregnum period. Abdullah, the second son of Sharif Hussein, arrived from Hejaz by train in Ma'an in southern Transjordan on 21 November 1920 to redeem the Kingdom his brother had lost. Transjordan then was in disarray and widely considered to be ungovernable with its dysfunctional local governments.
  Abdullah spent almost four months with his base in Ma'an, which he left in late February arriving in Amman on 2 March 1921. Abdullah's forces had effectively occupied all of Transjordan by the end of March 1921, without opposition. Following agreement with Colonial Secretary Winston Churchill at the Cairo Conference, the Emirate of Transjordan was established on 11 April 1921.
context_section_description: Following the fall of the Arab Kingdom of Syria on 24 July 1920, Transjordanian merchant and tribal leaders and British officials assigned to the region competed for political influence. The British High Commissioners for Palestine and Transjordan, Herbert Samuel, travelled to Transjordan on 21 August to meet with Al-Salt city's residents. He there declared to six hundred Transjordanian notables that the British government had decided that the administration of Transjordan would be kept separate from that of Palestine and that British advisors will aid the creation of local governments throughout the area. The High Commissioner promised that the British government would provide Transjordan with the goods it needs and that free trade with Palestine will continue to help spur economic growth.
caption: Al-Salt residents gather on 20 August 1920 during the British High Commissioner's visit to Transjordan.
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