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The Kingdom of Hejaz (1916 to 1925) was a state in the Hejaz
Hejaz

al-Hejaz is a region in the west of present-day Saudi Arabia. Defined mostly by the Red Sea, it extends from Haql on the Gulf of Aqaba to Jizan....
 region, ruled by the Hashemite
Hashemite

Hashemite is the Latinate version of the Arabic: ????? and traditionally refers to those belonging to the Banu Hashim, or "clan of Hashim ibn Abd Manaf", a clan within the larger Quraish tribe....
 family. The kingdom was annexed by Nejd and merged into the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd
Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd

The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd was established after the Kingdom of Hejaz had been conquered by Nejd in the mid-1920s. In January 8, 1926, the Sultan of Nejd, Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, was crowned King of the Hejaz in the Grand Mosque of Mecca....
 in the mid 1920s, which would eventually be known as Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA , is an Arab country and the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south....
 in 1932.








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The Kingdom of Hejaz (1916 to 1925) was a state in the Hejaz
Hejaz

al-Hejaz is a region in the west of present-day Saudi Arabia. Defined mostly by the Red Sea, it extends from Haql on the Gulf of Aqaba to Jizan....
 region, ruled by the Hashemite
Hashemite

Hashemite is the Latinate version of the Arabic: ????? and traditionally refers to those belonging to the Banu Hashim, or "clan of Hashim ibn Abd Manaf", a clan within the larger Quraish tribe....
 family. The kingdom was annexed by Nejd and merged into the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd
Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd

The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd was established after the Kingdom of Hejaz had been conquered by Nejd in the mid-1920s. In January 8, 1926, the Sultan of Nejd, Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, was crowned King of the Hejaz in the Grand Mosque of Mecca....
 in the mid 1920s, which would eventually be known as Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA , is an Arab country and the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south....
 in 1932.

Kings of Hejaz

  • Husain ibn Ali
    Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca

    Sayyid Hussein bin Ali, Order of the Bath was the Sharif of Mecca, and Emir of Mecca from 1908 until 1917, when he proclaimed himself king of Hejaz, which received international recognition....
    , June 10, 1916 - October 3, 1924
  • Ali bin Hussein, October 3, 1924 - December 19, 1925
  • Ibn Saud
    Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia

    *Saud of Saudi Arabia*Faisal of Saudi Arabia*Muhammad bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud*Khalid of Saudi Arabia*Nasr*Saad*Fahd of Saudi Arabia*Mansur*Abdullah of Saudi Arabia...
    , January 8, 1926 - September 22, 1932


See also

  • Sharif of Hejaz
  • Hashemite
    Hashemite

    Hashemite is the Latinate version of the Arabic: ????? and traditionally refers to those belonging to the Banu Hashim, or "clan of Hashim ibn Abd Manaf", a clan within the larger Quraish tribe....
  • History of Saudi Arabia
    History of Saudi Arabia

    The rise of Islam in the 620s Anno Domini, the subsequent religious importance of the Arabian cities of Makkah , and Medina , and the discovery of large Petroleum reserves in the early twentieth century, have given the rulers of this territory significant influence beyond the peninsula....
  • Hejazi Accent
    Hejazi Arabic

    Hejazi Arabic is a Varieties of Arabic of the Arabic language spoken in the western region of Saudi Arabia. Although, strictly speaking, there are two distinct dialects spoken in the Hejaz region, one by the bedouins, and another by the urban population, the term most often applies to the urban variety, spoken in cities such as Jeddah, Mecca...