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Alia al Hussein

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Alia Baha ed din Toukan
Queen of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Titles HM The Queen of Jordan (1972-1977)
Miss Alia Baha ed din Toukan
Born December 25 1948(1948-12-25)
Cairo, Egypt
Died February 9 1977 (aged 28)
Amman, Jordan
Consort December 24, 1972 - February 9, 1977
Consort to Hussein of Jordan
Issue Haya, Ali
Father Bahauddin Toukan

Alia Baha ed Din Toukan (Arabic: علياء بھاء الدين طوقان) (December 25, 1948 - February 9, 1977), was the third wife of King Hussein of Jordan. A daughter of Bahauddin Toukan, former Jordanian ambassador to the Court of St. James's, she was born in Cairo, Egypt. The Toukan (or Touqan) family is a prominent Palestinian family of Nablus. She married the king on December 24, 1972, and was titled Queen Alia al Hussein (Arabic: علياء الحسين). They had two children of their own, and adopted a daughter. She died in a helicopter crash in Amman, Jordan, and Amman airport was afterwards renamed Queen Alia International Airport.

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