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On Wikipedia, it says the local population of Bedouins, Circassians and Christians in what's now Jordan supported the Hashemite dynasty, from what's now Saudi Arabia, to rule over the new Emirate of Transjordan. Why did this diverse local population support a foreign dynasty to rule over them?

by /u/Knightmare25 in /r/AskHistorians

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