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Sinai to Mecca Highway Shift Prompts Arab Power Realignments
A National Geographic bulletin discusses Sinai as a land bridge enabling Egyptian Muslims to reach Mecca and the new rulers in the Hedjaz and Transjordan. It notes Husain and Feisal’s roles, Akaba and Tebuk as key links, railway progress, and Ottoman-era postal quirks amid pilgrimage traffic.
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Sinai Peninsula
Moses
Mecca
Washington, D. C
National Geographic Society
Hedjaz
Akaba
Tebuk
Transjordania
Hussein
Abdul Medjid
Feisal
George Washington
Gulf
Red Sea
Solomon
Ophi
Satan
Jidda
Damascus
America
Medina
Egypt
China
India
Africa
Mecca, Tubek Is A Vital Link To the Rail Approach To the Holy City. Tubek
Damascus-Medina