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  Glubb Pasha and the Arab Legion
Born in Preston, Lancashire, on April 16, 1897, Glubb was the son of an army officer and himself a graduate of the Royal Military Academy.
Glubb was a little man with a high-pitched voice, and while he was shy and reserved on most occasions, he was known to have a terrible temper.
By the spring of 1931, Glubb had 90 men wearing the legion's uniform--a long, khaki-colored robe with long white sleeves, a red sash across the chest, a red lanyard to hold a revolver, a bandoleer of ammo, and a belt around the middle from which dangled a silver-handled dagger.
www.thehistorynet.com /mh/blglubbpasha   (933 words)

  
 Pasha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pasha (or pascha, bashaw; Turkish: paşa) originally from Persian padshah or padeshah meaning "king") was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire political system, typically granted to governors and generals.
As an honorary title, "Pasha" is roughly equivalent to "Sir".
Three grades of pasha existed, distinguished by the number of horse-tails (three, two and one respectively) to which the bearer was entitled to display as symbols of authority when on campaign.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pasha   (277 words)

  
 The Dogs of War & the Winds of Change in the Middle East
Glubb Pasha was a witness to all of this.
Glubb Pasha was of a generation that regarded military life as a profession of great honor.
What Glubb Pasha could not foresee was the way Arab fanaticism would force the hand of the most powerful nation on the face of the earth.
www.canadafreepress.com /2003/inter092903.htm   (1089 words)

  
 Sir John Bagot Glubb
Glubb served his home country all through his years in the Middle East, making him immensely unpopular in the end.
Glubb served different high positions in the Arab Legion, the army of Transjordan.
During the World War II he led attacks on Arab leaders in Iraq, as well as the Vichy regime which was present in Lebanon and Syria.
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 Benny Morris: The Road to Jerusalem : Glubb Pasha, Palestine and the Jews - Køb Bøger: Totaltiorden.dk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
What is not in dispute here is that Glubb's writings do claim that the British informed the Jordanian King not to invade territories allotted to the Jews under the UN partition plan.
This excellent book studies the career of John Glubb Pasha, the most influential of the British `orientalist' corps of officers and officials serving in the Middle East until 1956.
Glubb retained the typical imperial contempt for both Jews and Arabs, especially for educated or urban people.
www.totaltiorden.dk /shop/book_details.php/1860649890|books|   (689 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Sir John Bagot Glubb (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
After serving (1926–30) as administrative inspector for the Iraqi government, Glubb was transferred to Jordan and attached to the Arab Legion, of which he assumed command in 1939.
He is often referred to as Glubb Pasha.
Glubb's many writings include The Story of the Arab Legion (1948), A Soldier with the Arabs (1957), and Britain and the Arabs (1959).
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/Glubb-Si.html   (258 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Glubb Pasha
Sir John Bagot Glubb, better known as Glubb Pasha (16 April 1897 – 17 March 1986), was a British soldier best known for leading and training Transjordan's Arab Legion 1939-1956 as its commanding general.
Within a few years he had managed persuaded the beduins to abandon their habit of raiding neighbour tribes and the raids were soon a thing of the past.
He remained as the commander of the Arab Legion until March 2, 1956 when he was dismissed by King Hussein who wanted to distance himself from the British, and disprove the contention of Arab nationalists that Glubb was the actual ruler of Jordan.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Glubb_Pasha   (452 words)

  
 Commentary Magazine - The Story of the Arab Legion, by John Bagot Glubb   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
...Glubb's work belongs with a series of publications which can help us to understand the Arab myth as it exists in the minds of those British Orientalists who discover in the Arab world a fairy tale of courage and chivalry reminiscent of the great medieval myths of the Crusaders and knight adventurers...
...Glubb may exaggerate the results of the endeavors of the Transjordan government, but if one keeps in mind what sort of world this was in 9I8, there is no doubt that remarkable progress has been made towards modernization and, above all, public security...
...As a soldier, Glubb is convinced of the military ability of this "martial race," though he has to abandon the fiction cherished by many Englishmen (including Bevin) that the Arabs as a people rendered the Allied cause great service during the war...
www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V7I5P104-1.htm   (1733 words)

  
 The Road to Jerusalem: Glubb Pasha, Palestine, and the Jews
General Sir John Glubb, the last British pro-Consul in the region, could be seen as midwife to the birth of the modern Middle East - a birth as painful and tortuous as its subsequent history.
Glubb Pasha was the British commander of the Arab Legion during those crucial years between 1939 and 1956, which were to witness the collapse of the Palestine Mandate and the establishment of the State of Israel.
As well as analysing Glubb's personal vision of the Middle East and its peoples - a surprisingly racial vision that would condition his politics - this book examines his reactions to the Arab Revolt and the periodic plans to partition Palestine into Arab and Jewish states.
www.zooscape.com /cgi-bin/maitred/WhitePulp/isbn1860648126   (344 words)

  
 All words on Pasha
Pasha is made of a mixture of dairy products, often spiced with almonds and raisins.
Pashas are of three grades, formerly distinguished by the number of horse-tails (three, two and one respectively) which they were entitled to display as symbols of authority when on campaign.
James paced about in desperation, raving against Louis blindness of anger, imagining that their ultra-generosity would Cheveleigh; and, disdainful as he was, it seemed another cruel another, and his children portionless.
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 abdullah
A British Captain, John Bagot Glubb, was transferred to the Legion in November 1930 as second in command to Peake.
Glubb also used vehicles and even light aircraft to track raiders across the desert; they could no longer disappear into the distance as before.
On the retirement of "Peake Pasha" Glubb succeeded automatically to the command of the Arab Legion and it is his name that is always associated with it today.
www.jordanjubilee.com /history/abdullah.htm   (2407 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Road to Jerusalem : Glubb Pasha, Palestine and the Jews: Books: Benny Morris   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
John Bagot Glubb, better known as Glubb Pasha, was a British officer who commanded Jordan's Arab Legion, the best Muslim fighting force in the Middle East, between 1936 and 1956.
Gen. Sir John Glubb was a highly significant figure in the Middle East during the 20th century.
As the British proconsul in the region and commander of the Arab Legion between 1936 and 1956, General Glubb became a controversial soldier-politician as commander of a small Arab army against Israel during the 1948 war that led to the establishment of the Jewish state.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1860649890?v=glance   (1628 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Books | Review | Palestine's pasha
The Palestinian Arab state, sanctioned by the UN in 1947 to coexist alongside the Jewish state, was thus throttled at birth.
Glubb was terrified of over-committing the limited forces at his command, desperately short as they were of ammunition and of mechanised transport.
Glubb emerges from this study a capable and wise military strategist, but no Machiavelli.
books.guardian.co.uk /review/story/0,12084,844910,00.html   (773 words)

  
 John Bagot Glubb (Glubb Pasha) Arab Legion Commander - Zionism and Israel -Encyclopedia / Dictionary/Lexicon of ...
Glubb and the Legion were noteworthy for participation in the near-miraculous British reversal of the Iraq pro-Axis Coup,
The Legion proved a formidable opponent to Israel in the Israeli War of Independence, especially in Jerusalem and Latrun.
After WW II, Glubb pushed for Jordanian annexation of the territories that were to be allotted to the Palestinian State under the UN partition plan, and this policy was accepted by Jordan's King Abdullah.
www.zionism-israel.com /dic/Glubb.htm   (601 words)

  
 Benny Morris -The Road to Jerusalem: Glubb Pasha, Palestine and the Jews - Catherine Bush   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Benny Morris -The Road to Jerusalem: Glubb Pasha, Palestine and the Jews - Catherine Bush
The Road to Jerusalem: Glubb Pasha, Palestine and the Jews
1: The Road to Jerusalem: Glubb Pasha, Palestine and the Jews.
www.boook.net /387636_road_jerusalem_glubb_pasha_palestine_jews.html   (36 words)

  
 The Bedouin as John Bagot Glubbb knew them
John Bagot (Jack) Glubb was the commander of the Transjordan Army, known as the Arab Legion, from 1939 until 1956 and before that served as its deputy commander.
At one time, Glubb was caught up in a raid by a neighbouring tribe, and while there was no question of not pursuing the raiders hotly, once the large flock of camels was taken back, friendly terms returned.
Glubb recounts many more incidents during the time when the Desert Patrol still only had a few hundred men, and he could meet the people more often.
www.jordanjubilee.com /meetfolk/glubb.htm   (4362 words)

  
 MIT-EJMES
Chapter five discusses "[t]he geographic and demographic expansion and contraction of Jordan and their impact on the development of a Jordanian national identity", which became "increasingly exclusivist" as the Palestinians came to be defined as 'other' by the Jordanian regime.
Glubb's Bedouin were in fact "bedouinized" according to Glubb's idiosyncratic ideas about Bedouin identity.
But if this is the case, then the theoretical edifice is compromised, because the overarching thesis is that postcolonial activists continue to reproduce colonial 'epistemology' regardless of their activism, which in the main is theorized as involving an active appropriation and internalization of some form of colonial hegemony ("subjectivation").
web.mit.edu /cis/www/mitejmes/issues/200310/br_chalcraft.htm   (1470 words)

  
 Glubb Pasha - TheBestLinks.com - Britain, France, Middle East, March 2, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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Glubb Pasha, Britain, France, Middle East, March 2, World War I, 1957, 1948...
Sir John Bagot Glubb, better known as Glubb Pasha (1897-1986) was a British soldier most well known for commanding Transjordan's Arab Legion 1939-1956.
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 Impact of Turkmen Mounted Archers on Modern Warfare
After serving (1926-1930) as administrative inspector for the Iraqi government, Glubb was transferred to Jordan and attached to the Arab Legion, of which he assumed command in 1939.
John Glubb deeply studied the political and military strategy of Turkmens, especially of the rulers of the Seljuq dynasty.
The Turkmen tribes were said to live, eat and sleep on the backs of their horses; at any rate their way of life made them the finest horsemen in the world, wrote Glubb.
turkmeniya.tripod.com /id14.html   (1309 words)

  
 Foreign Affairs - Book Review - The Road to Jerusalem: Glubb Pasha, Palestine and the Jews - Benny Morris   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It was a time when a British subject could be the long-time commander of an Arab army -- in Glubb's case, the Jordanian Arab Legion from 1939 to 1956.
This biography of Glubb pays close attention to his 36 years in Jordan, ending when King Hussein summarily dismissed him in 1956.
Morris depicts Glubb as a competent commander, loyal to his "second country" (Jordan), and pragmatic enough to secure the West Bank for it in 1948.
www.foreignaffairs.org /20030301fabook10389/benny-morris/the-road-to-jerusalem-glubb-pasha-palestine-and-the-jews.html?mode=print   (214 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Pasha
Pasha (or pascha, bashaw; Turkish: paşa) was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire political system, typically granted to governors and generals.
As an honorary title, Pasha equates to Sir.
The sultan of Turkey and (by delegation) the khedive of Egypt had the right to bestow the title of Pasha.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Pasha   (342 words)

  
 The State of Israel: Created by God? or by man through the United Nations?
He was trusted by his superior, Glubb Pasha, in his task of defending the border, and trusted by the villagers, and above all was trusted by the soldiers whose respect he commanded because of his humanitarianism although quite prepared to deal in a soldier's way with rebellion and other nasties.
Glubb Pasha oversaw all the Arab Legion under the Emir (later King) Abdullah.
Glubb has interesting comments in his writings about how defensive the Jordan Court (and indeed the Jordan public too) were about Glubb being a Jordanian - "One of Us" - when accused by other Arabs stirring the pot about having a British general in charge of their army.
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 Sir John Bagot Glubb --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
In 1926 he resigned from the British army to become an administrative inspector for the Iraqi government; he left this post in 1930 and contracted to serve as a brigadier in Transjordan's Arab Legion, an internal police force employed prior to World War II.
Glubb became its commander in 1939 and transformed it into a disciplined army that supported the Allies in World War II.
Glubb Pasha's writings include Story of the Arab Legion (1948), Britain and the Arabs (1959), The Empire of the Arabs (1963), Syria, Lebanon, Jordan (1967), The Life and Times of Muhammad (1970), Peace in the Holy Land (1971), and Soldiers of Fortune (1973), the last dealing with the Mamluks.
www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9037078   (916 words)

  
 Powell's Books - The Road to Jerusalem: Glubb Pasha, Palestine and the Jews by Benny Morris   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A definitive new account of a pivotal figure in Middle East history which provides new understanding about the birth of Israel General Sir John Glubb was the last British pro-Consul of the region and commander of the Arab Legion during the crucial years between 1936 and 1956.
This masterful account offers the first in-depth look at Glubb's thinking, aims and actions during 1948, as he led his small army into Palestine and war against Israel.
As well as an analysis of Glubb's personal vision of the Middle East and its peoples, this book examines his reactions to the Arab Revolt in Palestine and the periodic plans to partition Palestine and establish a Jewish state.
www.powells.com /biblio?partner_id=719&cgi=product&isbn=1860649890   (228 words)

  
 The Road to Jerusalem : Glubb Pasha, Palestine and the Jews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The British did not give any such warnings; it seems this was a figment of Glubb's imagination (Efraim Karsh, 'Fabricating Israeli History').

Yet, even more bizarre is the fact that Morris who claims to basis his historical findings on recently released declassified documents admits that Glubb was an anti-Zionist and sometimes seemed a bit anti-Semitic.

Why a historian who claims to basis his historical findings on primary sources has chosen a partisan account instead of the archival material is beyond comprehension.

The final insult is that Morris claims the Jordanians did not enter the war to destroy Israel.

Seeing that the entire Israeli population consisted of only 600,000 people at the time this was a monumental war and presumably the out come if the Israelis had lost would have been grim.
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 The Dogs Of War & The Winds Of Change In The Middle East - Alan Caruba   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Unless you lived in Transjordan, later the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan, from the period of 1930 to the mid-1950s, or served in the Arab Legion, or fought against them in the Haganah, it is unlikely you have ever heard of John Bagot Glubb.
They show all the instability and the emotionalism of the adolescent (characterized by) touchiness and…(a) readiness to take offence at any sign of condescension by their ‘elders’.
He—and certainly not the Arabs—could not foresee that America would swiftly invade and swiftly defeat the Islamists in Afghanistan and the socialist dictatorship in Iraq.
www.americandaily.com /article/1864   (1179 words)

  
 Dogs of War and Winds of Change in the Middle East -- 09/23/2003
Unless you lived in Transjordan, later the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan, from 1930 to the mid-1950s or served in the Arab Legion, or fought against them in the Haganah, it is unlikely you have ever heard of John Bagot Glubb - otherwise known as "Glubb Pasha."
Commenting on their inability to run the affairs of their nations, Glubb said, "Why they cannot run these things so efficiently is owing to their lower sense of duty and public service.
He-and certainly not the Arabs-could not foresee that America would swiftly invade and swiftly defeat the Islamists in Afghanistan and the socialist dictatorship in Iraq.
www.cnsnews.com /ViewPrint.asp?Page=\Commentary\archive\200309\COM20030923c.html   (1088 words)

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