Rashid Tali’a

Rashid Tali'a (Arabic رشيد طليع; * 1877 in Lebanon, † September 1926 ) was Prime Minister of Transjordan (April 11, 1921 to August 15, 1921 ).

Tali'a studied at the Royal School in Istanbul. After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the Syrian King Faisal I called him to Damascus and appointed him Minister of the Interior. When the first government was formed on 11 April 1921 Jordanian Emirate, Emir Abdallah ibn Husain instructed the I. him head of the Cabinet.

For his active struggle against the French occupation of Syria Rashid Tali'a was condemned by the French to death in absentia.