Open AccessThe Project of the French Government Mission to Mecca During the Reign of Sharif Hussein Bin Ali in 1334 AH / 1916 (A Historical and Documentary Study)
Author(s) -
Saeed Mushabbab Saeed Alqahtan Saeed Mushabbab Saeed Alqahtan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
maǧalaẗ ǧameʼaẗ al-malīk abdul aziz. al-adab wa al-uʼlum al-īnsaniaẗ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1319-0989
DOI - 10.4197/art.26-3.5
Subject(s) - reign , context (archaeology) , state (computer science) , government (linguistics) , history , ancient history , criticism , political science , politics , law , archaeology , philosophy , linguistics , algorithm , computer science
. This study aimed to study the what was called the project or the strategic plan of the French government mission to Mecca during the reign of Sharif Hussein Ben Ali in 1334 AH / 1916. This study was a kind of a historical and documentary study. Its importance lied in trying to highlight the role played by the French government during World War I in an attempt to control the state of Hejaz through the head of its mission Ibn Ghabrit, who was entrusted with the tasks of the mission that was sent to Sharif Hussein in order to establish the bases of communication with Hussein. As the study showed, Ibn Ghabrit played a great role in buying a real estate (Khan / Inn) in Mecca to attract the attention of Muslims who were under the French control and colonization.This study was significant when put in its historical context, and when we are trying to understand the goal behind the mission which was to search for real estates in Mecca. However, there was another goal for the mission and that was to compete with British over the control of the state of the Hijaz due to the importance of this state to Muslims. This study gained even more importance as it relied on authentic documents and in making use of the historical context of criticism and analysis. This happened within the framework of the available texts and documents relied upon to produce a thorough and in depth study.