¶ Circassians in Jordan
The Circassians arrived in Jordan around the beginning of the nineteenth century in 1878, when the first group of Shapsug tribes arrived in the city of Oman, which was sparsely populated by some nomadic and shifting tribes. They made of the Roman amphitheater a place to settle and since then their immigration and settlement extended to the rest of the regions all the way to Wadi as-Ser, Naour, Jerash, Suwaylih and Zarqa.
¶ In the Army
They were at the forefront of those receiving the founder King Abdullah the First and were at the heart of the Arab army in 1909.
¶ In the Civil Service
The first municipal council of Amman was established and was headed by the late Ismail Babouk.
Over the years, the Circassians held various positions in the Jordanian state, including prime minister, ministers, dignitaries, deputies, ambassadors and various civil jobs, in addition to their active participation in the various security agencies with various military ranks.
¶ Building Mosques
They renovated the Al-Omari (Husseini) Mosque and built mosques in their places of residence such as the Circassian Mosque in Wadi as-Ser.