- a variation of Hejaz.
Hedjaz
Britishnoun
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TRANSJORDANIA* The Emir Abdullah, second son of King Hussein of the Hedjaz and elder brother of King Feisal of Iraq, faced a serious rebellion led by the Sheik of Es Salt.
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The Arabs of Mesopotamia, Transjordania and the Hedjaz proclaimed King Hussein Calif, a title which the King was pleased to accept.
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But Arabia was parcelled out and he became King only of the Hedjaz, was dethroned by Ibn Saud and exiled in 1924.
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The opening ceremony was performed by Emir Feisal, King of Iraq, third son of the King of the Hedjaz.
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Their cheeks were like the roses of Shiraz, their teeth like the pearls of Ormuz, their eyes like the eyes of gazelles of Hedjaz.
From The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton by Wardon Allan Curtis
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