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Princess Basmah Bani Ahmad of Jordan, (Basma Mahmoud Hassan Bani-Ahmad ; born 1979) is the wife of Prince Hamzah bin Al Hussein of Jordan.

The Hashemites: Jordan’s Royal Family The Hashemite royal family is interwoven into the life of Jordan, having established the modern state in 1921. It is impossible, therefore, to understand the fabric of Jordan’s modern history without some knowledge of the royal family. The Hashemites, or “Bani Hashem,” are descendants of the Arab chieftain Quraysh, a descendant of the Prophet Ismail, …