Abstract:

The power struggle that started between the Hashemites and the Saudis in the Arabian Peninsula before the First World War resulted in the Saudis taking control of the administration as a result of the political preferences of the British after the war. During the First World War, England led to the emergence of an Arab revolt in the Middle East under the leadership of Sharif Hussein, the leader of the Hashemites to collapse the Ottoman Empire from within. During this revolt, the British were able to achieve unity between the two leaders so that the Saudis supported Sharif Hussein. However, England could not reconcile the two sides on the use of sovereignty in the Hejaz region after the war, despite making great efforts to prevent the conflicts that broke out between Sharif Hussein and Ibn Saud. The British government wanted to consolidate its position in the region by signing some agreements with both the Saudis and the Hashemites in line with its political interests in shaping the Middle East after the war. However, Sharif Hussein would not come to an agreement with the British Government on the grounds that the promises made by the British during the war were not kept despite these efforts of England. Despite the intense diplomatic struggle of the British until 1924 for a treaty with Sharif Hussein, an agreement was signed. Thereupon, the British government would support the Saudis, which they pressured into not seizing the Hejaz region until 1924, to end the rule of Sharif Hussein by changing its political preferences. This was a situation that the leader of the Saudis, Abdulaziz Ibn Saud, had been waiting for years. With the British government declaring that it would at least remain neutral in 1924, the Saudis would seize the Hejaz region and permanently end Hashemite rule in the region.

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