Transjordan Frontier Force

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The Transjordan Frontier Force was a British-organized, locally recruited military unit in the British Mandate of Transjordan tasked with frontier security and regional defense in the interwar period.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British-organized force ⓘ
colonial military unit ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
allegiance British Crown ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
commandedBy British officers ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country British Mandate of Transjordan ⓘ
dissolved 1948 ⓘ
distinctFrom Arab Legion ⓘ
employer Government of the British Mandate of Transjordan ⓘ
financedBy British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
garrison Zarqa ⓘ
hasPart armoured car units ⓘ
camel companies ⓘ
infantry companies ⓘ
mechanized squadrons ⓘ
mounted troops ⓘ
signal section ⓘ
headquartersLocation Zarqa ⓘ
inception 1926 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
nonCommissionedOfficers locally recruited NCOs ⓘ
notableEngagement operations during the Anglo-Iraqi War of 1941 ⓘ
operations related to the Syria–Lebanon campaign of 1941 ⓘ
officerCorps British Army officers ⓘ
operatedIn British Mandate of Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Mandatory Palestine

British Mandate of Transjordan ⓘ
Transjordan ⓘ
partOf British Army ⓘ
British forces in the Middle East ⓘ
reasonForDissolution end of British Mandate and creation of the State of Israel in 1948 ⓘ
reorganization of Transjordanian armed forces ⓘ
recruitedFrom Bedouin tribes ⓘ
linked to: Bedouin communities

Circassians in Transjordan ⓘ
Palestinian Arabs ⓘ
linked to: Palestinian

local Arab population of Transjordan ⓘ
relationship operated alongside the Arab Legion in Transjordan ⓘ
roleDuringConflict guarding the Iraq Petroleum Company pipeline ⓘ
protection of lines of communication in the Middle East ⓘ
securing Transjordan–Iraq frontier ⓘ
securing Transjordan–Syria frontier ⓘ
somePersonnelTransferredTo Arab Legion ⓘ
subordinateTo British High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan ⓘ
task border patrol ⓘ
frontier security ⓘ
internal security support ⓘ
protection of oil pipeline ⓘ
regional defense ⓘ
typeOfUnit frontier force ⓘ
lightly mechanized force ⓘ
uniform khaki service dress ⓘ
uniformFeature distinctive headdress with coloured hackle or tarbush ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Palmyra → forceInvolved → Transjordan Frontier Force ⓘ
British authorities in Mandatory Palestine → oversawForce → Transjordan Frontier Force ⓘ
al-Jaysh al-ʿArabī → partOf → armed forces of Transjordan ⓘ
linked to: Transjordan Frontier Force
Glubb Pasha → servedIn → Transjordan Frontier Force ⓘ