Hejaz
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Map showing location within Saudi Arabia |
Hejaz (also
Hijaz,
Hedjaz;
al-Ḥiǧāz) is a region in the northwest of present-day
Saudi Arabia. Its main city is
Jeddah, but it is probably better-known for the
Islamic holy city of
Mecca. As a region,
The Hijaz, as it is often referred to, because of being the site of Islam's holy places, has significance in the
Arab and Islamic historical and political landscape.
Evidence has been found the Hejaz (or parts of it) was part of the
Roman province of
Arabia [
1]. Under the control of regional powers such as
Egypt or the
Ottoman Empire through most of its history, the Hejaz enjoyed a brief period of political independence in the early
20th century. It was one of several regions of the Ottoman Empire provoked into rebellion by
T. E. Lawrence ("of Arabia") of the
British during
World War I. In
1916 its independence was proclaimed by
Sherif Hussein ibn Ali, the
Sherif of Makkah. In
1924, however, ibn Ali's authority was usurped by
ibn Saud of the neighboring nation of
Nejd and became known as the Kingdom of Hijaz and Nejd and later the Saudi Arabian state.
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Abdullah Rahmat Allah Al-Othmani*
Tahher Dabbagh*
Hamzah Shehatta*
Mohammed Hassan Awwad*
Aziz Dia'a*
Ahmed Qandeel*
Mohammed Ali Zainal Riza*
Mohammed Suroor Sabban*
Ameen Madani*
Ahmed Zaki Yamani*
Mohammed Alawi Malki*
Hisham Nazzer*
Saleh Kamil*
Adnan Kashoggi*
Sami Angawi*
Talal Maddah*
Mai Yamani*
Amr Dabbagh*
Hayyat Sindi*
Ilham Abu-Aljadayil*
Mohammed Sa'eed Tayyib*
Khalid Al-Ma'enna*
Thoraya Obaid*
Nizar Madani*
Yeslam bin Ladin*
Waleed Fitihi*
Monna Abu-suliman*
Hanadi Hindi*
Kingdom of Hejaz*
Hejaz railway*
Jeddah 
