al-Jaysh al-ʿArabī

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army colonial-era military force military organization

al-Jaysh al-ʿArabī, better known in English as the Arab Legion, was the British-organized and -trained army of the Emirate and later Kingdom of Transjordan that became one of the most effective military forces in the Arab world in the first half of the 20th century.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Jordanian Arab Legion	3
Hashemite forces	1
Jordanian Arab Army	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	army ⓘ colonial-era military force ⓘ military organization ⓘ
activeInPeriod	first half of the 20th century ⓘ
allegiance	Emirate of Transjordan NERFINISHED ⓘ Hashemite dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Transjordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Arab Legion NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Jaysh al-Arabi NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	British Empire in the Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ Hashemite rule in Transjordan ⓘ
commandLanguage	Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ
country	Emirate of Transjordan NERFINISHED ⓘ Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Transjordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
engagedIn	Arab–Israeli War of 1948 NERFINISHED ⓘ Palestine campaign 1948–1949 NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicComposition	Arab ⓘ
garrisonLocation	Amman NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	British Mandate period in the Middle East ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
militaryDoctrineInfluencedBy	British Army doctrine NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCommander	Abdullah I of Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederick Peake NERFINISHED ⓘ John Bagot Glubb NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	discipline ⓘ loyalty to the Hashemite monarchy ⓘ professional training ⓘ
notedAs	one of the most effective Arab military forces of its time ⓘ
operatedIn	Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ Transjordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizedBy	British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	armed forces of Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ armed forces of Transjordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	local Transjordanian levies ⓘ
role	border defense ⓘ internal security ⓘ land warfare ⓘ
successor	Jordanian Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
trainedBy	British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
type	regular army ⓘ
usedEquipmentFrom	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arab Legion → alsoKnownAs → al-Jaysh al-ʿArabī ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jordanian Arab Army

Arab Revolt → combatant → al-Jaysh al-ʿArabī ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hashemite forces

Hurva Synagogue → destroyedBy → al-Jaysh al-ʿArabī ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jordanian Arab Legion

Battle of Latrun → belligerent → al-Jaysh al-ʿArabī ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jordanian Arab Legion

Gush Etzion → capturedBy → al-Jaysh al-ʿArabī ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jordanian Arab Legion