Hejaz
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Hejaz (also Hijaz, Hedjaz; Arabic: 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 [link]. 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.
Hejazis
- 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
See also
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