Key facts
- 1920
- 850,000
- 1925
- 900,000
- Capital
- Mecca , (1916–1924) , Jeddah , (1924–1925)
- Common languages
- Arabic
- Ethnic groups
- Arabs
- Religion
- Sunni Islam
- Demonym
- Hejazi
- Government
- Absolute monarchy
- 1916 1924
- Hussein bin Ali
- 1924 1925
- Ali bin Hussein
- Historical era
- World War I , Interwar period , Unification of Saudi Arabia
- Mecca revolt
- 10 June 1916
- Recognized
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Today part ofSaudi Arabia Jordan
The Hashemite Kingdom of Hejaz (Arabic: المملكة الحجازية الهاشمية, romanized: Al-Mamlakah al-Ḥijāziyyah Al-Hāshimiyyah) 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-proclaimed as a kingdom in June 1916 during the First World War, to be 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.
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