Career
As Sheikh, Al-Hadid's duties have included mediating in disputes, including blood feuds, which arise between Jordanian tribe members, within whose families tribal law still exists. Significant numbers of the al-Hadid tribe are also found in Syria and Iraq, and the Sheikh has been dispatched to Saudi Arabia and Iraq in order to mediate. In 1957, al-Hadid attended military college in Cairo, but his education was ended early by a serious injury sustained in a light aircraft.
After recovering, he rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, working at Amir Faisal Military College until 1976. His political career began in 1984, when he joined the Amman City Council, where he served for two years, after which he was appointed to an eight-year term as one of 40 Senators in the upper chamber of the National Assembly. In 1997, Al-Hadid was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the fourth electoral district in Amman.
And was reelected in 2003. This contributed to the close relationship shared between the two families, and upon his death Shaher was buried in the royal cemetery at al-Maquar, Amman.
