Arab Legion

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Arab Legion
الفيلق العربي
Arab Legion insignia
Active	22 October 1920 – 25 March 1956
Country	Jordan
Allegiance	Emirate of Transjordan (1920–1946) Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (1946–1956)
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Size	150 (1920) 12,000 (1949) 22,000 (1956)
Garrison/HQ	Zarqa
Patron	Monarch
Anniversaries	10 June 1917: Arab Revolt 22 October 1920: Establishment of the Arab Legion 25 May 1956: Dismissal of British officers
Engagements	World War II (Mediterranean and Middle East theatre) Anglo-Iraqi War Syrian Campaign First Arab-Israeli War Battle of Latrun Battle of Jerusalem Reprisal operations
Commanders
Commander (1920–1939)	Captain Frederick Gerard Peake
Commander (1939–1956)	Lieutenant General John Bagot Glubb
Notable commanders	Colonel JW Hackett, Jr Brigadier Norman Lash

The Arab Legion (Arabic: الفيلق العربي) 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.