Kingdom of Hejaz
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The Hashemite Kingdom of Hejaz was a state in the Hejaz region of Western Asia that included the western portion of the Arabian Peninsula that was ruled by the Hashemite dynasty. It was self-proclaime
Kingdom of Hejaz (green) with the modern-day region of Hejaz (red outline)
Ikhwan
Sharif Husayn
Ali of Hejaz
Arab Revolt
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The Arab Revolt, also known as the Great Arab Revolt, was an armed uprising by the Hashemite-led Arabs of the Hejaz against the Ottoman Empire amidst the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I.
Kingdom of Hejaz
…independent from the Ottoman Empire, on the basis of an alliance with the British Empire to drive the Ottoman Army from the Arabian Peninsula during the Arab Revolt. The British government had promised Hussein bin Ali, King of Hejaz, a single independent Arab state that would include, in addition to the Hejaz region…
Soldiers of the Sharifian Army carrying the flag of the Arab Revolt in southern Yanbu
The flag of the Arab Revolt in the Martyrs' Memorial, Amman, Jordan.
Lawrence at Rabegh, north of Jeddah, 1917.
Lawrence of Arabia after the Battle of Aqaba.