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Lieutenant-General Sir John Bagot Glubb, KCB, CMG, DSO, OBE, MC, KStJ, KPM (16 April 1897 – 17 March 1986), known as Glubb Pasha (Arabic: غلوب باشا) and Abu Hunaik (Arabic: أبو حنيك) by the Jordanians, was a British soldier, scholar, and author, who led and trained Transjordan's Arab Legion between 1939 and 1956 as ...
12 de abr. de 2024 · March 17, 1986, Mayfield, East Sussex (aged 88) Sir John Bagot Glubb (born April 16, 1897, Preston, Lancashire, Eng.—died March 17, 1986, Mayfield, East Sussex) was a British army officer who in 1939–56 commanded the Arab Legion, an army of Arab tribesmen in Transjordan and its successor state, Jordan. The son of a British army ...
Sir John Glubb, better known as Glubb Pasha, was born in 1897, and served in France in the First World War from 1915 to 1918. In 1926 he left the regular army to serve the Iraq Government. From 1939 to 1956, he commanded the famous Jordan Arab Legion. Since retirement, he has published sixteen books, chiefly on the
Learn about the life and career of John Glubb, a British officer who led the Arab Legion in the Middle East for 25 years. He fought in Iraq, Syria, and Palestine, and influenced the Arab-Israeli conflict.
18 de mar. de 1986 · Lieut. Gen. Sir John Bagot Glubb, the legendary Glubb Pasha who built Jordan's Arab Legion into one of the most formidable fighting forces in the Middle East, died yesterday in his native...
26 de mar. de 2018 · The recent accession by St Antony’s College Oxford of papers from British army officer John Bagot Glubb, commander of Transjordan’s Arab Legion, affords a remarkable opportunity to test and reimagine significant debates surrounding the first Arab–Israeli war. Glubb’s papers establish two points.
12 de jun. de 2006 · John Bagot Glubb–Glubb Pasha to his men and his liege, King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan–believed his small army was better suited for the sands of the desert than the dark passages and densely packed stone buildings of the ancient city. But Abdullah demanded a direct assault on Jerusalem, Old City and New.
