The Interregnum period in Transjordan, following the ending of the Franco-Syrian War on 25 July 1920 and until Abdullah's entry into Transjordan between November 1920 and March 1921, was a short period during which Transjordan had no established ruler nor occupying power.[1] During this period Transjordan became a no man's land[2] or, as Sir Herbert Samuel put it, "left politically derelict";[3][4] the region was extremely poor, sparsely populated and widely considered ungovernable.[5]