Operation AXIOM: Between the Wars—The Second Saudi-Hashemite War, Part I
29 August-5 December 1924: The Sultanate of Nejd (Saudi) declared war on the Kingdom of Hejaz (Hashemite), capturing the cities of Taif (3 September) & Mecca (5 December); King Hussein bin Ali of the Hejaz abdicated in favor of his son, Ali bin Hussein (16 October); the end of British subsidies sparked the war, subsidies which had both restrained Sultan Ibn Saud & funded the Sharifian Army.
Commentary: King Ali's brothers, Abdullah & Faisal (far-famed from Lawrence of Arabia's Seven Pillars of Wisdom
), were Emir of Trans-Jordan & King of Mandatory Iraq, respectively, but as both were militarily dependent upon the British for their thrones, neither was in a position to aid the Hejaz, their ancestral home, against Ibn Saud & his Wahhabi fanatics.
Lest we forget.
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