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Order Of Military Merit (Jordan)
The Order of Military Merit (''Wisam al-Istahaqaq al-Askari'') is an order of the Kingdom of Jordan. History It was instituted in 1976 by King Hussein bin Talal. The Order of Military Merit is awarded for distinguished services by members of the Jordanian armed forces and foreign military officials. Civilians may also receive the order in reward for exceptional services in the defence of the Kingdom. Grades The Order of Military Merit is awarded in five classes: Grand Cordon: awarded to general officers and above. Grand Officer: awarded to full colonels and above. Commander: awarded to field officers and above. Officer: awarded to officers below field rank. Knight: awarded to other ranks. The Order of Military Merit is divided in five classes: Notable recipients Air Chief Marshal Anwar Shamim - Former Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan) 1978-1985 General Shamim Alam Khan - Former Chairman Joint Chief of Staff (Pakistan) 1991-1994 Air Chief Marshal Farooq Feroze Khan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Bing] [Yahoo] [DuckDuckGo] [Baidu] |
Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan River. Jordan is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south and east, Iraq to the northeast, Syria to the north, and the Palestinian West Bank, Israel, and the Dead Sea to the west. It has a coastline in its southwest on the Gulf of Aqaba's Red Sea, which separates Jordan from Egypt. Amman is Jordan's capital and largest city, as well as its economic, political, and cultural centre. Modern-day Jordan has been inhabited by humans since the Paleolithic period. Three stable kingdoms emerged there at the end of the Bronze Age: Ammon, Moab and Edom. In the third century BC, the Arab Nabataeans established their Kingdom with Petra as the capital. Later rulers of the Transjordan region include the Assyrian, Babylonian, Roman, Byzantine, Rashidun, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Bing] [Yahoo] [DuckDuckGo] [Baidu] |
Shamim Alam Khan
General Shamim Alam Khan ( ur, ; 18 August 1937 – 9 December 2021), was a Pakistan Army senior general, who served as the 7th Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee from 1991 until retiring in 1994. Biography Shamim Alam Khan was born in Shillong, Meghalaya in India, into an Urdu-speaking family on 18 August 1937. His father, Mahboob Alam Khan, was an officer in the Indian Civil Service who worked at an administration position at the Survey of India. His mother, Nisa Begum, was a housewife. Mahboob had nine children with Nisa among all joined the respected branches of the Pakistan Armed Forces. After the partition of India in 1947, the Alam family moved from Bangalore to Rawalpindi via train, witnessing the violence and riots that were taking place in the trains at the time of the partition in 1947. Eventually, Mahboob Alam found employment at the Survey of Pakistan. After his matriculation, Alam went to attend the Lawrence College where he earned the diploma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Bing] [Yahoo] [DuckDuckGo] [Baidu] |
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