on 7 september, rufaifan al-majali (al-karak) and sultan al-'adwan (al-balqa), both supporters of the british, received telegrams from hussein announcing that one of his sons was coming north to organize a movement to oust the french from syria. abdullah arrived in ma'an on 21 november 1920 leaving on 29 february 1921 and arriving in amman on 2 march 1921.