The Royal Jordanian Army is the ground force branch of the Jordanian Armed Forces. It draws its origins from units such as the Arab Legion, formed in the British Mandate of Transjordan in the 1920s. I
Arab Revolt Tribal Cavalry – Tribes of Jordan and Arabia, c. 1918.
Arab army during the Arab revolt of 1916 against the Ottoman Empire formed the nucleus of the Arab Legion.
Units from Jordan's Arab Legion take part in the Victory March in London in 1946
Commander of the Arab Legion, Glubb Pasha in uniform. Amman, September 11, 1940
Black September, also known as the Jordanian Civil War, was an armed conflict between Jordan, led by King Hussein, and the Palestine Liberation Organization, led by chairman Yasser Arafat. The main ph
Royal Jordanian Army
…formed in the British Mandate of Transjordan in the 1920s. It has seen combat against Israel in 1948, 1956, 1967, and 1973. The Army also fought the Syrians and the PLO during Black September in 1970. On 10 June 1916, Sherif Hussien Bin Ali prince of Mecca, officially declared the Great Arab Revolt against…
View of Jabal Al-Hussein Palestinian refugee camp in Amman
King Hussein after checking an abandoned Israeli tank on 21 March 1968 during the Battle of Karameh. The perceived joint Palestinian-Jordanian victory led to an upsurge in support for the fedayeen in Jordan.
Fedayeen of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in Jordan, early 1969
PLO leaders Yasser Arafat, Nayef Hawatmeh and Kamal Nasser speaking at a press conference in Amman after the June events, 1970