Item number: M414

Year: AD 1949-2025

Material: Gold and Enamel

Size: 71.0 x 12.1 x 0.9 mm

Weight: 2.2 g

Provenance: Beaussant Lefèvre 2024

This is a miniature version of the Order of Hussein bin Ali, the most prestigious decoration of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. This order is exclusively awarded to foreign heads of state or members of royal families. It was established on June 22, AD 1949, by King Abdullah I, who named it after his father, Hussein bin Ali. The order consists of two classes: the Grand Collar and the Grand Sash.

The decoration features an oval shape topped with a crown, surrounded by twenty white enamel beads. At its centre is an oval medallion with a deep red enamel background, inscribed in Arabic with “قلادة الحسين بن علي,” meaning “Collar of Hussein bin Ali.” The reverse side is plain, with a smooth gold surface. The top of the decoration is connected to a deep red ribbon via a circular loop.

Hussein bin Ali was the leader of the Sharifian family, which governed the Islamic holy city of Mecca. During World War I, he collaborated with T.E. Lawrence, known as “Lawrence of Arabia,” to expel the Ottoman Empire from the Arabian Peninsula. After the war, his three sons were respectively crowned as kings of Hejaz, Iraq, and Syria. However, the French soon deposed his son Faisal from the Syrian throne. Consequently, Abdullah I, Hussein’s second son, ceded the Iraqi throne to his younger brother and, with British support, became the King of Jordan. In AD 1951, while visiting the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, Abdullah I was assassinated by a Palestinian militant at the age of 69.

物件編號: M414

年代: 公元 1949-2025 年

材質: 黃金, 琺瑯

尺寸: 71.0 x 12.1 x 0.9 mm

重量: 2.2 g

來源: 博桑李費佛拍賣行 2024

這是一枚迷你版的胡笙·本·阿里勳章，該勳章是約旦王國最為顯赫的勳章，其頒發對象僅限於外國元首或王室家族成員。這枚勳章設立於公元1949年6月22日，由時任國王阿布杜拉一世以其父親胡笙·本·阿里名字命名。胡笙·本·阿里勳章有兩個等級，分別是大鍊和大綬兩個等級。

勳章外觀為頂著王冠的橢圓形，周圍以二十顆琺瑯材質的白珠環繞，正中央是以酒紅色琺瑯為底色的橢圓形，上面鐫刻阿拉伯文「قلادة الحسين بن علي」意思是「胡笙·本·阿里的項鍊」。勳章背面則沒有任何裝飾是一個光滑的金面，頂部則以圓環銜接酒紅色綬帶。

胡笙·本·阿里是掌管伊斯蘭教聖地麥加的謝里夫家族首領，第一次世界大戰期間選擇跟阿拉伯的勞倫斯合作一同驅逐鄂圖曼土耳其帝國在阿拉伯半島的統治。第一次世界大戰結束後，胡笙·本·阿里的三位兒子分別擔任漢志、伊拉克和敘利亞國王，然而其中敘利亞王位卻遭法國剝奪。因此身為次男的阿布杜拉一世讓出伊拉克的王位給三弟，自己則在英國的幫助下成為約旦國王。公元1951年，阿布杜拉一世在前往耶路薩冷阿克薩清真寺朝聖時，遭到激進的巴勒斯坦武裝分子暗殺，享年69歲。