Wikipedia's first sentence called it “first arab commander of the arab legion when it concurrently became the jordanian armed forces”. Today it says “jordanian military officer and the first arab commander of the arab legion”.
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Radi Annab Radi Hassan Annab was the first Arab commander of the Arab Legion .1Born in 1898 in Nablus, he joined the Ottoman armed forces but then left them to join Sharif Hussein 's Arab Revolt in 1916. He was the chief of police for Balqa region in 1930 and held various other critical positions. The Jordanian Armed Forces was formed on 1 March 1956 by renaming the Arab Legion. Then-King Hussein wanted at the time to distance himself from the British and disprove the contention of Arab nationalists that John Glubb , the Arab Legion's commander, was the actual ruler of Jordan. Glubb was dismissed on the same date and replaced with Major General Radi Annab, the first Arab commander of the Arab Legion.2
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Jordanian military officer Radi Hassan Annab (1897–1999) was the first Arab commander of the Arab Legion when it concurrently became the Jordanian Armed Forces .
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Jordanian military officer Radi Hassan Annab ( ; 23 July 1897 – 12 September 1993) was the first Arab commander of the Arab Legion when it concurrently became the Jordanian Armed Forces .
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Jordanian military officer Radi Hassan Annab ( Arabic : راضي حسن عنّاب , romanized : Rāḍī Ḥassan ʿAnnāb ; 23 July 1897 – 12 September 1993) was a Jordanian military officer and the first Arab commander of the Arab Legion , which later became the Jordanian Armed Forces .He played a pivotal role in the Arabization of Jordan's military leadership , leading the transition from British to Arab command.His appointment marked a historic moment in Jordan's military history, symbolizing the Arabization of the Jordanian Army under King Hussein .
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first arab commander of the arab legion when it concurrently became the jordanian armed forces
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jordanian military officer and the first arab commander of the arab legion
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