Word: hejaz
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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...
...await the death of his father for the Emirate of Mecca. As King of Hejaz, he is automatically Emir of Medina, the place to which the profet of Mohammed fled from Mecca to escape his enemies, where he died and where he is buried...
...Hejaz or Hijaz is classical Arab for barrier: hence in its geographical significance it denotes Judiasm and Christianity in Palestine and Mohammedanism in Arabia...
...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...