Arab Legion
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The Arab Legion was the police force, then regular army, of the Emirate of Transjordan, a British protectorate, in the early part of the 20th century, and then of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, an independent state, with a final Arabization of its command taking place in 1956, when British senior officers were replaced by Jordanian ones.
The Arab army during the Arab revolt of 1916 against the Ottoman Empire, which formed the nucleus of the Arab Legion
Arab Legion in Iraq during the Anglo-Iraqi War in 1941
Arab Legion commander Abdullah el Tell (far right) with Captain Hikmat Mihyar (far left) pose with Jewish prisoners after the fall of Gush Etzion
Arab Legion artillery shells illuminate Jerusalem in 1948
Zarqa
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Zarqa is the capital of Zarqa Governorate in Jordan. Its name means "the blue (city)". It had a population of 635,160 inhabitants in 2015, and is the second most populous city in Jordan after Amman.
Image: الزرقاء خلال حظر التجول نيسان ٢٠٢١
Image: Qurtobah, Az Zarqa, Jordan panoramio (3)
Image: Zarqa trade center
The Zarqa train station of the Ottoman-built Hejaz Railway.