Word: hejaz
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Curious heads along the curious streets of Jeddah, port of Mecca, craned to see Husein, abdicating King of Hejaz* and Calif of Islam (TIME, Oct. 13). It was announced that Husein would sail away-none knew whither...
Here follows a description of the present King Hejaz by Lowell Thomas (see next Column...
...King. The Government, or Hejaz National Committee, then elected Ali (oldest son of Husein, Emir of Medina) King of Hejaz, in accordance with the terms of the abdication. It was expressly stated, however, that the offer of the throne was made on condition that Ali conform to the wishes of the people of Hejaz. His father's throne was accepted by Ali on this condition; but the throne of the Califate was left vacant until the election of a Calif by the Pan-Islamic Committee. at Cairo, unless Ibn Saud should capture Mecca and elect himself Calif...
Meantime, it was announced from Alexandria, Cairo and London that ex-King-Calif Husein had sent the youngest of his four sons to London "on a private mission." It was alleged that the mission was to sound the British Government on the new situation in the Hejaz...
...States of Arabia: Kingdom of Iraq; French Mandate of Syria; Kingdom of Hejaz; Emirate of Nejd_and Hasa; Emirate of Jebel Shammar; Principals of Asir; Imamate of Yemen; British Protectorate of Aden; Sultanate of Oman; Sultanate of Koweit; Emirate of Kerak; Emirate of Bab-el-Mandab; Emirate of Lahj; State of Hadramaut; Emirate of El-Mohammerah; Emirate of Bahrein...