Prince Hashim bin Hussein had their second daughter, Princess Rayet Al-Noor bint Hashim, born on 4 July 2008. The couple had a third daughter, Princess Fatima Al-Alia bint Hashim, on 5 November 2011. The Royal Court announced that the Prince and Princess had their first son, Prince Hussein Haidara bin Hashim, on 15 June 2015. Prince Hashim bin Hussein Prince Hashim bin Hussein (born 10 June 1981) is the younger of the two sons of King Hussein and Queen Noor. In her autobiography, Queen Noor states that Hashim was named after the clan of Hashim (Banu Hashim), a tribe to which the Islamic prophet
Hussein of Jordan Baghdad Pact. Saudi Arabia found common ground with Egypt in their suspicions of the Hashemites, both in Jordan and in Iraq. The Saudis massed troops near Aqaba on Jordan's southern borders in January 1956, and only withdrew after the British threatened to intervene on Jordan's behalf. Hussein realized that the Arab nationalist trend had dominated Arab politics, and decided to start downgrading Jordan's relationship with the British. On 1 March 1956, Hussein asserted Jordanian independence by Arabizing the army's command: he dismissed Glubb Pasha as the commander of the Arab Legion and replaced all the senior British officers with Jordanians,