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Le Hedjaz dans la guerre mondiale (Hijaz in the World War) is an account by French general Édouard Brémond of the French army’s part in the defeat of Ottoman forces by British, Arab, and French allies. Brémond describes his role as chief of the French military and political mission in Hijaz, the aim of which was to defeat the Ottomans and place the sharif of Mecca, Husayn ibn ‘Ali (circa 1853‒1931), on the throne of the new Kingdom of Hijaz. Brémond was ordered to Arabia in 1916 at ...