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John Glubb

1897–1986 · 20th century · Also known as Glubb Pasha, John Bagot Glubb

John Glubb, known as Glubb Pasha, was a British officer who commanded the Arab Legion of Transjordan and then Jordan from 1939 to 1956. He recruited Bedouin into the desert patrol and made the Legion the most effective Arab army in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. King Hussein dismissed him in 1956 amid rising Arab nationalism, and he later wrote many books on Arab history.

John Glubb
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Emirate of Transjordan

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