Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein is King of Jordan, having ascended the throne on 7 February 1999. He is a member of the Hashemite dynasty, which has been the reigning royal family of Jordan since 1921 and is considered a 41st-generation direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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Hussein was married four separate times and fathered eleven children including King Abdullah II of Jordan and Princess Haya, who married the ruler of Dubai.
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Is the King of Jordan related to the Prophet Muhammad?
He is a member of the Hashemite dynasty, which has been the reigning royal family of Jordan since 1921 and is considered a 41st-generation direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Abdullah was born in Amman as the first child of King Hussein and his second wife, Princess Muna.
Hashemite, also called Hāshimī, any of the Arab descendants, either direct or collateral, of the prophet Muhammad, from among whom came the family that created the 20th-century Hashemite dynasty.
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