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? It's an easily checked fact. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Saud https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Saud Excerpt: "After World War I, he received further
by jqm 11y ago
? It's an easily checked fact.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Saud https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Saud
Excerpt: "After World War I, he received further support from the British, including a glut of surplus munitions. He launched his campaign against the Al Rashidi in 1920; by 1922 they had been all but destroyed."
- dogma1138 11y ago"Sharif Hussein bin Ali rebelled against the rule of the Ottomans during the Arab Revolt of 1916.[4] Between 1917 and 1924, after the collapse of Ottoman power, Hussein bin Ali ruled an independent Hejaz, of which he proclaimed himself king, with the tacit support of the British Foreign Office. " Looks like the Brits love supporting everyone ;)
- jqm 11y agoYep. Pretty much anyone not Ottoman.