Word: hedjaz
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Mohammed in London. A Moslem mosque, the first in the British Isles, other than two temporary temples, has been dedicated in the London suburb of Southfields. The opening ceremony was performed by Emir Feisal, King of Iraq, third son of the King of the Hedjaz. Mohammedan worshipers in England are a small but steadily growing body. Rowland George Allanson Allanson-Winn, Fifth Baron Headley, is a leader of the British activities of the sect...
...Turkish Republic, elected one Abdul Medjid Effendi as Calif. Then, a few months later, Kemal exiled his Calif and abolished the Califate altogether, TIME, March 17, 1924). Immed- iately, throughout the Moslem world, there appeared claimants for the great title, the chief one being King Hussein of the Hedjaz. But, at the moment, the Califate cannot be said to exist...
...Great Britain the Government of Ramsay MacDonald is officially standing aloof from the question. British Moslem possessions are so diversified as to share all dissensions in Moslem theology. However, it is generally felt that the quick action of setting up King Hussein Ibn Ali . of the Hedjaz as the first claimant to the Califate will have only one beneficiary, the British Empire...
King Hussein of the Hedjaz, with-in whose realm lie the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, last week accepted the office of Calif tendered him by the Arabs of the Hedjaz, Transjordania and the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. In an interview he showed himself melancholy and foreboding over the consequences of his action. Said Hussein: "I have not sought or desired the Califate. It has been thrust upon me. From everywhere they come...
...most serious claimant to the Califate was King Hussein of the Hedjaz. The Arabs of Mesopotamia, Transjordania and the Hedjaz proclaimed King Hussein Calif, a title which the King was pleased to accept. For some time, the Arabs have been agitating to make Hussein Calif, thereby displaying their dislike for the conditions with which the Nationalist Turks surrounded the Califate. It was by no means certain that any of the other Moslem countries would recognize King Hussein as the head of Islam. He is, however, more fitted to the Califate than most other candidates, because the blood of Koreish, tribe...