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✧ The Great Mecca Feast ✧
The Great Mecca Feast is a 1928 documentary film by George Krugers (pictured). It follows a group of Muslim men from the Dutch East Indies on the hajj pilgrimage, showcasing elements of everyday life and worship in the Hejaz region of the Arabian Peninsula – including the hajj itself. As Mecca was closed to non-Mus...
#greatmeccafeast #dutch #hejaz #arabianpeninsula #mecca #wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Mecca_Feast
#Türkiye, #Syria and #Jordan have agreed to revive the historic #Hejaz railway line. [...] Originally constructed between 1900 and 1908 under Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II, the Hejaz railway line stretched approximately 1,750 kilometers, linking Istanbul to the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina, as well as Damascus and parts of Yemen.
Today's Stamp History, by Ken P
December 21:
1861 - Alfred Potiquet publishes the first postage stamp catalog, ten pages long, in Paris, #France.
1921 - The Kingdom of #Hejaz issues its first postage stamps.
1964 - Ras al Khaima issues its first and only postage stamps.
1974 - #Angola issues its last postage stamps under Portuguese control.
1989 - The Polish People's Republic issues its last postage stamps.
⬆️ The #KitchenerTelegram gained something in translation that #British had not intended — involvement of #Arabs DURING the War
So a "clarification" was sent, which made matters worse
Secret societies of discontented Arabs in #Hejaz (#Arabia) immediately latched on to these signals and drafted the #DamascusProtocol, not for #Palestinians #inTheirName, but for their OWN power
In any case, #Britain did not owe Palestinians anything because the latter never fought the #Turks to help the British
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While this sounds diabolical, let's not forget what brought #Britain to this.
It was, of course, the #TurkishGermanGreatWarIntrigue on the international front as well as their oppression of #Arabs in #Palestine and #Hejaz (#Arabia).
In the latter case, discontent was already brewing among Arabs within the #Ottoman Empire even before the British became entangled.
This was a World War. Intrigue everywhere was the norm, not exception.
Britain sensed the discontent and sought to exploit it.
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⬆️ Grand Sharif #Hussein secretly dispatched emissaries to main #Arab leaders
1915: #Hussein learns of #Turkish plans to depose him, and to assert #Ottoman control over #Hejaz
#AlAhd & #AlFatat join forces; conceive the #DamascusProtocol, foundation of #ArabRevolt
Implicit in the Damascus Protocol, Grand Sharif Hussein would preside over the "Great Arab State" containing #Palestine.
#Britain Makes Hussein an offer for an independent #sovereign #Muslim State & full control over holy sites!
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Desert of Paran (Deserts 🏜️)
The Desert of Paran or Wilderness of Paran, is a location mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. It is one of the places where the Israelites spent part of their 40 years of wandering after the Exodus, and was also a home to Ishmael, and a place of refuge for David. In Islamic tradition, it has often been equated with an area of the Hejaz.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_of_Paran
#DesertOfParan #Hagar #Hejaz #Deserts #Vayeira #BooksOfKings
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