Pictures .. Oman before independence

Written By حسن عبدالله on 2014/05/21

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">ArabiaWeather.com - Rami Muhammad - The pictures show the city of Amman in the twenties and forties of the last century before independence, and the old Post Office building until 1944 AD, which moved to its new location on Prince Muhammad Street, appears next to it a building that housed a police station in the thirties.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The building was removed and the Arab Bank building was erected in its place.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Another picture shows a garden in Lweibdeh <span style="font-size:100%">belonging to the house inhabited by Beck Pasha, the first commander of the Jordanian Arab Army,</span> <span style="font-size:100%; line-height:1.6em">and the remaining ruins visible in it are what remains of a Byzantine church.</span> <span style="font-size:100%; line-height:1.6em">&nbsp;</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:100%; line-height:1.6em">As for the house, it belongs to his heirs, the late His Excellency Abdul Halim Al-Nimr Al-Hamoud, which was later transferred to the Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation and was renamed (Dar Al-Funun) in 1990.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> In another picture, the Al-Husseini Mosque <span style="font-size:100%">appears from the minaret with its stone helmet before it was destroyed by the famous earthquake in 1927 AD, which was replaced by a wooden helmet</span> .</p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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