Musbah bint Nasser


Musbah bint Nasser was the first Queen of Jordan as the wife of King Abdullah I.
She was born in 1884 in Mecca, Ottoman Empire. Her title at birth was Sharifa of Mecca. She was the elder twin daughter of Amir Nasser Pasha and his wife Dilber Khanum, the younger being Huzaima, Queen consort of Syria and Iraq as wife of Faisal I.
In 1904, Musbah married Sayyid Abdullah bin al-Husayn later King Abdullah I of Jordan at Stinia Palace, İstinye, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. They had a son and two daughters:
Abdullah went on to take two more wives. He married Princess Suzdil Khanum in 1913 and Nahda bint Uman in 1949, making Musbah his senior wife. On 25 May 1946, Abdullah was proclaimed King of Jordan and Musbah, as his first wife, became Queen of Jordan.
Musbah died on 15 March 1961 in Irbid, Jordan.

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1884 – 1904: Alsharifa Musbah bint Nasser1904 – 1 April 1921: Her Royal Highness Princess Musbah Al-Abdullah1 April 192125 May 1946: Her Highness Emira of Transjordan25 May 1946 – 20 July 1951: Her Majesty The Queen of Jordan20 July 1951 – 11 August 1952: Her Majesty The Queen Mother11 August 1952 – 15 March 1961: Her Majesty Queen Musbah