Radi Annab

Radi Annab Radi Hassan Annab was the first Arab commander of the Arab Legion. Born 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.