Many Arabian tribes had helped the British against the Ottomans during the First World War, but there were two in particular which London promised to reward at the war’s end:
1. The Saudis
2. The Hashemites
Both were promised the same thing – control of the Arabian Peninsula.
1. The Saudis
2. The Hashemites
Both were promised the same thing – control of the Arabian Peninsula.
As a result, the Saud and Hashemite tribes often fought each other.
So the British created new maps, drew some lines and said the head of the Saud family could rule over one region, and the head of the Hashemites could rule the other, although each would ‘need’ a British diplomat to keep an eye on things. #divideandconquer
The Saudi leader eventually landed on a name for his territory, calling it after himself, hence we know the area today as Saudi Arabia – the similar equivalent would be calling the UK - ‘Windsorland’.
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