Musbah bint Nasser

Musbah bint Nasser (Arabic: مصباح بنت ناصر‎; 1884 – 15 March 1961) was the first queen consort of Jordan.

She was born in 1884 in Mecca, Ottoman Empire. She was the elder twin daughter of Amir Nasser Pasha and his wife Dilber Khanum, the younger being Huzaima.

In 1904, Musbah married Sayyid Abdullah bin al-Husayn later King Abdullah I of Jordan at , İstinye, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. She bore him a son and two daughters:

• (1907 – 1990). Married Abdul-Karim Ja'afar Zeid Dhaoui.
• King Talal I (26 February 1909 – 7 July 1972).
• (1915 – 1987). Never married.

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.

Queen Musbah died on 15 March 1961 in Irbid, Jordan.^{[citation needed]}

Titles[]

• 1884 – 1904: Miss Musbah bint Nasser
• 1904 – 1 April 1921: Her Royal Highness Princess Musbah Al-Abdullah
• 1 April 1921 – 25 May 1946: Her Highness Emira of Transjordan
• 25 May 1946 – 20 July 1951: Her Majesty The Queen of Jordan
• 20 July 1951 – 11 August 1952: Her Majesty The Queen Mother
• 11 August 1952 – 15 March 1961: Her Majesty Queen Musbah

References[]

• Musbah bint Nasser at Find a Grave