Another of the portents
of the coming of the Mahdi is the killing of a senior
member of the Hashemites. (Resalatul huruj ul-mahdi,
p. 12)
Jordan is known as the Hashemite kingdom. After the Ottoman
Empire, Jordan came under British control for a period of
time. Great Britain recognized Jordanian independence in
1946, as part of the Treaty of London. The monarchy was
given to Abdullah, head of the principality of Jordan. King
Abdullah was later killed by the British, in 1951. Thus
the incident indicated in the hadith came to pass.
Jordan's King Abdullah was assasinated in
1951 while praying in al-Aqsa Mosque. .
