This area was known as Southern Syria under the Ottoman Empire. It was the League of Nations that resurrected the pseudonym “Palestine”, and they actually did not give that name to Jordan, using “Transjordan” instead.
6 posted on 10/30/2022 11:25:36 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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