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	Sharif of Mecca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Since 1201, the Sharifate was held by a member of the House of Hashem, which traces its lineage back to Hasan bin Ali, the eldest son of Muhammad's son-in-law Ali ibn Abu Talib; descendants of this family continued to hold the position until the Twentieth Century.
		In 1924, however, in the face of increasing attacks by ibn Saud, Hussein abdicated his secular titles to his eldest son, Ali bin Hussein, who was to become the last Grand Sharif.
		At the end of 1924, the ibn Saud conquered the Hejaz and expelled the Hashemites.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sharif_of_Mecca (354 words)

	Hejaz - Wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Hejaz (also Hijaz, Hedjaz) is a region in the northwest of present-day Saudi Arabia; its most prominent city is Mecca.
		In 1916 its independence was proclaimed by Husain ibn Ali[?], the sherif of Mecca.
		In 1924, however, ibn Ali's own authority was usurped by ibn Saud of the neighboring nation of Nejd.
	wikipedia.findthelinks.com /he/Hejaz.html (129 words)

	HEJAZ - LoveToKnow Article on HEJAZ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The name Hejaz, which signifies separating, is sometimes limited to the region extending from Medina in the north to Taif in the south, which separates the island province of Nejd from the Tehama (Tihama) or coastal district, but most authorities, both Arab and European, define it in the wider sense.
		Hejaz is divided longitudinally by the Tehama range of mountains into two zones, a narrow littoral and a broader upland.
		Hejaz, together with the other provinces of Arabia which orf the overthrow of the Bagdad Caliphate in 1258 had fallen under Egyptian domination, became by the conquest of Egypt in 1517 a dependency of the Ottoman empire.
	81.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HE/HEJAZ.htm (1524 words)

	Hejaz - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Hejaz (also Hijaz, Hedjaz; Arabic: الحجاز 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 holy city of Mecca.
		In 1916 its independence was proclaimed by Husain ibn Ali, the Sherif of Makkah.
		In 1924, however, ibn Ali's own 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.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Hejaz (272 words)

	Ali Did You Mean ali (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Ali was born in Mecca, in the Hejaz region of northern Arabia, sometime around 599 CE (the year is an approximation only).
		The capital of the province of Syria, Damascus, was held by Mu'awiyah, the governor of Syria and a kinsman of Ali's slain predecessor.
		Ali had eight wives after Fatima's death, and in all, it is said, thirty-three children, one of whom, Hassan, a son of Fatima, is said to have refrained from publicly claiming the caliphate, so as to prevent further bloodshed among Muslims.
	www.did-you-mean.com /Ali.html (2391 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Hejaz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Evidence has been found the Hejaz (or parts of it) was part of the Roman province of Arabia http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200103/well.of.good.fortune.htm.
		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.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Hejaz (239 words)

	Hejaz. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Extending S to Asir, Hejaz is mainly a dissected highland region lying between the narrow, long coastal strip and the interior desert.
		Hejaz was raided by the Wahhabis; peace was restored in 1817 by the governor of Egypt.
		The Hejaz was in 1916 proclaimed independent by Husayn ibn Ali, the sherif of Mecca, who with the aid of T. Lawrence destroyed Turkish authority.
	www.bartleby.com /65/he/Hejaz.html (331 words)

	Sherif Hussein ibn Ali - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Hussein ibn Ali or Husayn ibn Ali (died 1931) was the Sherif of Mecca, and Emir of Mecca from 1908 until 1917, when he proclaimed himself king.
		Hussein ibn Ali was the last of the Hashemite rulers over the Hijaz to be appointed by the Ottoman Empire.
		In 1924, after his abdication, his son 'Ali briefly assumed the throne, but then he too had to flee the encroachment of Ibn Saud and his Wahhabi forces (Saudi Ikhwan).
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Sharif_Hussein (398 words)

	Saudi Arabia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The Hejaz stretches along the Red Sea from the Gulf of Aqaba south to Asir and is the site of the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.
		A large proportion of the population are farmers in the Hejaz.
		The Hejaz fell to Saud in 1924–25 and in 1932 was combined with the Nejd to form the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, an absolute monarchy, ruled under Islamic law.
	www.bartleby.com /65/sa/SaudiAra.html (2407 words)

	Ali Akbar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		It was a well-known fact amongst the Arabs throughout Hejaz that Ali Akbar was bearing a remarkable resemblance to the Holy Prophet.
		Ali Akbar went over to his father to ask his permission to go out into that gory arena from which no person from his camp had returned.
		Ali Akbar knew that he had to go out quickly lest the enemy, seeing that their challenges for combat were remaining unanswered, got emboldened to make a concerted attack on his father's camp.
	www.shia.org /aliakbar.html (4925 words)

	Ali
		Ali (A.S.) was born on the 13th of Rajab about 600 A.D. within the precincts of Kaaba at Mecca, the Capital of Hejaz, a peninsula on the Red Sea.
		The name of Ali (A.S.)’s mother was also Fatema daughter of Asad son of Hashim.
		Ali (A.S.) was the fourth son of Abu Talib (A.S.).
	members.tripod.com /~mdhasan/Ali/chap5.htm (287 words)

	Imam Ali(AS) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Ali who still felt the warm hands of the holy prophet on his hand, bowed humbly before this blessing of God.
		Ali ((PBUH)) with the belief that no property can be stockpiled unless someone's right is violated, established social justice in his community.
		He transferred this message to the next generations that the salvation of the human community would be possible only under the banner of rule of the faithful, brave and honest.
	www.irib.ir /worldservice/qadir/english.htm (1011 words)

	The Time of Muhammad Ali (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Muhammad Ali, a man of genius, slowly and methodically destroyed or bought off all his opponents until he became the only source of power in the country.
		He first conquered Al Hijaz (the Hejaz, now in Saudi Arabia) in 1819 and Sudan from 1820 to 1822; by 1824 he was ready to help the Ottoman sultan put down an insurrection in Greece.
		Muhammad Ali's forces withdrew, but he was left in control of Syria and Crete.
	www.emayzine.com /lectures/egypt1798-1924.html (1133 words)

	Hejaz
		During World War I the railway was badly damaged by Arabs rebelling, under the leadership of T E Lawrence, against Turkish rule, and since 1918 the line has been abandoned south of Ma'an in Jordan.
		From 1918 the Hejaz was ruled by Hussein Ibn-Ali until its conquest in 1924 by Ibn Saud.
		It was consolidated as a dual kingdom with Nejd in 1926 and the two were united in 1932 as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0016380.html (331 words)

	Hussein ibn Ali
		King of the Hejaz 1916–24 and founder of the modern Hashemite dynasty.
		However, T E Lawrence persuaded him, in 1916, to join an Arab Revolt against Turkish rule, when he was proclaimed the independent King of the Hejaz region of Arabia.
		One of his sons, Ali ibn Hussein, succeeded him as ruler, but was deposed within a year by Ibn Saud, who proclaimed himself king of Hejaz.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0014361.html (327 words)

	Hejaz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		They are also the descendants of the Prophet, through his daughter Fatima and her husband, 'Ali, the fourth Caliph and first Imam.
		Sharif Qutada Abu Aziz, seventeenth in descent from 'Ali, successfully conquered Mecca in 1201.
		King 'Ali, experienced no greater success against ibn Saud and was himself forced to evacuate Mecca and Medina in 1925, to avoid bloodshed and profanation of the Holy cities.
	www.4dw.net /royalark/Arabia/hijaz.htm (647 words)

	Ali Dashti's Twenty Three Years (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Ali Dashti's literary reputation, however, rests on his work as a scholar and critic of the Persian classics.
		Ali Dashti, while not neglecting such points, tried to pick out and explain the elements in the works of certain classical poets which have continuing artistic and moral value for the modern reader.
		Ali Dashti quotes passages from the Qur’an in the original Arabic, which would be understood by many of his readers, and then gives Persian renderings which are more often explanatory paraphrases than literal translations.
	ali-dashti-23-years.tripod.com (8484 words)

	Sharif Husayn
		Husayn was born into the line of Hashimites to which the Meccan emirate had passed in the early 19th century.
		He became emir in 1908 and was a leader in the Arab revolt against Ottoman rule during World War I. In October 1916 he proclaimed himself "king of the Arab countries," though the Allies formally recognized him only as king of the Hejaz.
		Husayn was represented at the Versailles peace conference by his third son, Faysal, but refused to ratify the Versailles Peace Treaty (1919) as a protest against the mandatory regimes imposed on Syria, Palestine, and Iraq by France and Great Britain.
	www.naqshbandi.org /ottomans/wahhabi/sharif_husayn.htm (241 words)

	Hejaz
		The Hejaz was in 1916 proclaimed independent by
		Husayn ibn Ali - Husayn ibn Ali, 1856–1931, Arab political and religious leader.
		Catching cooling winds and breezes is a key to traditional Hejaz architecture's defense against heat.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0823225.html (377 words)

	Printable Version on Encyclopedia.com
		During World War I the British made slight efforts to cultivate Ibn Saud's friendship but favored his rival, Husayn ibn Ali of the Hejaz.
		In 1924-25, Ibn Saud defeated Husayn and proclaimed himself king of Hejaz and Nejd.
		After consolidating his power over most of the Arabian peninsula, he changed (1932) the name of his kingdom to Saudi Arabia.
	www.encyclopedia.com /printable.aspx?id=1E1:IbnSaud (285 words)

	Higaz
		It is also the place where the Meccans had planned to kill the Prophet [s] on the night of Hijrat and Imam Ali [a] slept in his place.
		Grave of Ja'far al-Tayyar [a] - brother of Imam Ali, peace be upon him.
		Grave of Ummul Baneen [a]: Wife of Imam Ali [a] and mother of Hadrat Abbas [a] (PIC - Safiya, Aatika and Ummul Baneen)
	www.al-shia.com /html/eng/ser/islamic-turism/ziyarat/higaz/higaz.htm (1610 words)

	AllRefer.com - Husayn ibn Ali (Middle Eastern History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		In 1908 he succeeded as grand sherif of Mecca and thus became ruler of the Hejaz under the Ottoman Empire.
		In World War I, after receiving British assurances that all Arab lands not under French control would be liberated, he began (1916) a successful revolt against the Turks in Arabia and proclaimed himself king of the Hejaz and of all Arabia.
		Believing that the British had not kept their promises, he refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/H/Husaynib.html (295 words)

	Husein ibn Ali Biography / Biography of Husein ibn Ali Biography
		Born in Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, Husein ibn Ali was a member of an important Arab family which claimed descent from the prophet Mohammed and the hereditary position of Meccan leadership.
		In the spring of 1916 Turkish repression and execution of Arab leaders in Damascus and Beirut and the movement of Ottoman troops down the Hejaz railway into Arabia forced Husein's hand.
		Husein, now in his mid-60s, remained behind in Mecca during the war, while his sons Abdullah and Faisal led Arab troops against the Ottoman troops in northwest Arabia and in what is present-day Syria.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-husein-ibn-ali (822 words)

	Hazrate Ali-Akbar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Hazrat-e Ali Akbar (AS) was bearing a remarkable resemblance to the Holy Prophet (SW).
		Those who had not had the good fortune to see the Prophet (SW) were told by their elders that Hazrat-e Ali Akbar (AS) was the very image of Muhammad (SW).
		But on second thoughts, they realized that this was Ali Akbar (AS), the 18 year old son of Hussein (AS), about whose close resemblance with the Prophet (SW) people were talking so much.
	www.irib.ir /Occasions/Aliakbar/aliakbarEN.HTM (380 words)

	T. E. Lawrence Studies List > Hejaz Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Also, it must be borne in mind that most of the damage to rolling stock was done in what is the Jordan of to-day and long since cleared away.
		Most of the damage in the Hejaz by Sharifs Ali and Abdullah's forces was to track and buildings.
		I thought it might be helpful to ask your forum the question I had earlier concerning the location of some of the train wrecks which, as I understand it, still exist.
	www.telstudies.org /forums/lofiversion/index.php?t44.html (3205 words)

	brief history of Turkey - world history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Turks argue that there was no genocidal policy and that the disappearance of the Armenian community of some 1,3 million was due to, among other causes, a famine which also decimated Turks and Kurds.
		The Ottoman Empire was beleaguered by the insurrection of the Arabs in the south, where the Hashemite sharif of Mecca, Hussein ibn Ali of Hejaz, became a British ally through his friendship with T.E. Lawrence.
		Iraq broke ranks with Turkey in 1941 when the pro-Axis Rashid Ali al Gayani came to power, for Turkey's main goal was to defend its neutrality and promote that of the region.
	www.worldhistoryplus.com /t/turkey.html (3532 words)

	iranian.com: Guive Mirfendereski, Origins of Fenderesk
		This would have had to be so because Sarfandkar was situated in a valley even though it was built on a rock, hardly a reason to call the place “mountain top,” for example.
		In the course of migration of the descendants and adherents of Imam Ali from Hejaz, Syria and Iraq to Mazandaran/Tabarestan in northern Iran, there was one Ebrahim (b.
		I believe the name is owed to the Arabic influence imported into the Amol-Shahi-Sari region of Mazandaran by the descendants of Imam Ali and adherents who immigrated to here from Hejaz, Syria and Iraq.
	www.iranian.com /GuiveMirfendereski/2005/March/Fenderesk (2648 words)

	Hejaz on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		HEJAZ [Hejaz] or Hedjaz, region, c.150,000 sq mi (388,500 sq km), NW Saudi Arabia, on the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea.
		Hejaz was raided by the Wahhabis ; peace was restored in 1817 by the governor of Egypt.
		Magazines and Newspapers for: Hejaz or search in Pictures and Maps for Hejaz
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/H/Hejaz.asp (415 words)

	The Decline of the Ottomans
		The first was the invasion of Egypt and Syria by Napoleon (1798-1801) and, the second, the occupation of Syria by Muhammad Ali Pasha's troops (1830-1840).
		The advance of Muhammad 'Ali Pasha's forces in Anatolia, as far as Kutahia, forced Sultan Mahmud to accept Russian aid for the defense of Constantinople (Istanbul); hence, the signing of the Treaty of Unkiar Skelessi (July 8, 1833).
		Napoleon and Muhammad Ali Pasha were both defeated.
	www.naqshbandi.org /ottomans/decline_main.htm (2318 words)

	Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Rahman ibn Faisal Al Saud (Ibn Saud)
		During World War I, the British government attempted to cultivate favor with Ibn Saud, but generally favored his rival Sherif Hussein ibn Ali, leader of Hejaz, whom the Sauds were almost constantly at war with.
		At this time he changed his own title from Sultan of Nejd to King of Hejaz and Nejd.
		In 1932, having conquered most of the Peninsula, Saud renamed the area from the lands of Nejd and Hejaz to Saudi Arabia.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/AlSaud.html (920 words)

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