found: Web. geog.(Hejaz also Hedjaz or Arab. Al-Hijaz, W. region of Saudi Arabia; history: seat of Mecca and Medina, original centers of Islam; as province of Arabia, fell under Egyptian domination 1258; became Ottoman dependency after conquest of Egypt 1517; restored to order 1811-20 after Wahhabi revolt; revolted and proclaimed independence; Ibn Saud proclaimed king 1926; united with Nejd 1926 as dual kingdom which became Saudi Arabia 1932)
found: Britannica Micro.:v. 5, p. 809 (Hejaz, also spelled Hedjaz, Arabic Al-Ḥijāz, region of western Saudi Arabia, along the mountainous Red Sea coast of the Arabian peninsula from Jordan on the north to Asir region on the south.)
found: GEOnet, Nov. 23, 1999(Al Ḥijāz [Arabic]; Hejaz [conventional]; variant: Hijaz, rgn, 24⁰30ʹ00ʺN 38⁰30ʹ00ʺE)
found: GEOnet(region; 24°30ʹ00ʺN 038°30ʹ00ʺE)
