Army Day in Jordan
Army Day in Jordan is held on June 10. This event in the first decade of the month June is annual. Help us
On 10 June 1916, Sherif Hussien Bin Ali prince of Mecca, officially declared the Great Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire to rid Arab nations of the Turkish rule that had lasted about four centuries.
Today the Royal Jordanian Army is part 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.
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