A new reading in the document of Umm Qais, September 2, 1920 AD

Abstract

The study aims to shed light on the Umm Qais document on September 2, 1920 AD, which is preserved in the archives of the National Library Department in the capital Amman, which is considered one of the most important historical documents for the region of eastern Jordan, following the end of World War I 1918 AD, which in its historical context constitutes a process of documentation and dating The events, in which the population expressed their demands, desires and aspirations in managing the affairs of their regions, and the extent of the British government's response to dealing with these demands, which the study was able to monitor within three main axes, depending on the available documents, through the use of the historical descriptive and analytical approach to achieve them. The study concluded that the social elites in the northern regions of Transjordan had a state of the beginnings of forming awareness, which did not reach the stage of full maturity to build their project, and to resist the plans of the victorious countries in the First World War, especially Britain and France in dividing the Levant as areas of influence between them. . The study recommended that more efforts be made to shed light on the history of the region, to explore its depths and to know the role played by the people of Transjordan and their social elites, as part of the struggle of the inhabitants of the Levant in resisting the Anglo-French colonial project in the region.