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Hejaz

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He·jaz also Hed·jaz  (h-jz)
A region of northwest Saudi Arabia on the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea. It includes the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.
Hejaz, Hedjaz, Hijaz [hiːˈdʒæz]
n
(Placename) a region of W Saudi Arabia, along the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba: formerly an independent kingdom; united with Nejd in 1932 to form Saudi Arabia. Area: about 348 600 sq. km (134 600 sq. miles)
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Noun1.HejazHejaz - a coastal region of the western Arabian Peninsula bordering on the Red Sea; includes both Mecca and Medina; formerly an independent kingdom until it united with Nejd to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Hedjaz, Hijaz
Arabia, Arabian Peninsula - a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia - an absolute monarchy occupying most of the Arabian Peninsula in southwest Asia; vast oil reserves dominate the economy
Mecca - joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia; located in western Saudi Arabia; as the birthplace of Muhammad it is the holiest city of Islam
Al Madinah, Medina - a city in western Saudi Arabia; site of the tomb of Muhammad; the second most holy city of Islam


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He led in the name of his father, who as keeper of the Holy Places had an unrivalled political position in the Hejaz (western Saudi Arabia).
In praise of warlords by Debat, Alexis Y. / The National Interest
military occupation, and the region run by some client emir; Mecca and the Hejaz might well be returned to the Hashemite dynasty of Jordan, its rulers before the conquest by Ibn Saud in 1924; or, to put it differently, the British imperial program of 1919 would be resurrected (though, if the Hashemites have any sense, they would reject what would without question be a long-term death sentence).
The push for war by Lieven, Anatol / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
While General Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby's forces moved north along the Mediterranean coastline, taking Jerusalem by December 1917, Arabs under Faisal and Thomas Edward Lawrence advanced by a parallel course along Allenby's right flank, east of the Jordan River, blowing up portions of the Hejaz railroad between Damascus and Medina, and taking Damascus by October 1918, shortly before an armistice agreement was signed by the Turks.
Origins of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict by Schafer, David / The Humanist
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