The National Hijazi Party

The National Hijazi Party, a political party founded in Jeddah, west of the Arabian Peninsula, in 1924. At that time, it was engaged in a harsh war with the Saudi army and on October 24, 1924, the party made a decisive decision to remove Sharif Hussein bin Ali from power and exile him to Cyprus, appointing his son Ali bin Hussein as king of the country.

Principles
The party defined three principles that were the goal and purpose of its establishment:
1. The pursuit of all means to preserve the country from the impending catastrophe.
2. The pursuit of making the country an Islamic constitutional state free from the corruption and foreign influence.
3. The implementation of what the Islamic world considers in the interest of the country and its people, and how to manage the country.

The Party
It is a political gathering in Tihama Hijaz that took place during the Hashemite era. Its most important decisions were issued from Mecca on October 24, 1924, with the removal of Sharif Hussein bin Ali to Cyprus as a blood sacrifice, and thus the appointment of his son Ali bin Hussein, before calling for the establishment of an Islamic constitutional conference that would govern Hijaz. Like other leaders such as Muhammad al-Tawil, who was the party's president, Muhammad Taher al-Dabagh, its general secretary, and members including: Qasim Zinl Khazen, Abdullah Ali Riza Zinl, Saleh Shata, Abdul Raouf Al-Saban, Sharaf bin Rajih Al-Ouni, Suleiman Aman Kabal, Muhammad Nasif, Suleiman Ahmed Aboudaoud, Muhammad Salih Banaja, Abu Bakr Bagfar, Uthman Ba Othman, Muhammad Salih Nasif, Mahmoud Shlehub, and Muhammad Kardi.

The party published a newspaper called "Brid of Hijaz" with its first issue on November 26, 1924 to be the voice of the party and a source of news in the country. Its owner and editor-in-chief was Muhammad Salih Nasif, then from August 9, 1925, Tayeb Al-Sasi became the editor-in-chief. The newspaper was published twice a week, with 54 issues in its first year and two issues in its second year before it stopped after Hijaz joined the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1926.

Activities

After its establishment, the party distributed a leaflet that read: "The difficult situation the country is facing has driven the nation to think about what should be done to ward off the impending danger and take care of itself and seek all means to preserve the country and its people, so that the work is in the hands of capable leaders who are thinking about their beloved homeland."

On the day of the oath-taking of King Ali bin Hussein on October 24, 1924, the National Hijazi Party sent a statement to Egyptian newspapers signed by Muhammad Taher al-Dabagh, its secretary, which read: "Since the Hijazi people are now in a state of general chaos due to the failure of the army and the government to protect lives and property, and since the Holy Places, especially Mecca and Medina, and the entire Hijaz region are threatened by an impending danger, and since the Hijaz is a sacred land that concerns all Muslims, the nation has decided finally and forced Sharif Hussein to abdicate his throne and withdraw to any country he wishes. As for what is feared may happen from internal disturbances and public opinion, the nation has seen fit to swear allegiance to His Majesty Ali bin Hussein as king of Hijaz on condition that he implements the will of the Islamic nation in managing this sacred land. The nation has sent a letter to Imam Ibn Saud to negotiate and has entrusted the responsibility of the Hijazi people to the Muslims if they do not hasten to save the country by stopping the armies of Imam Ibn Saud for negotiation and taking effective measures to preserve the country."

References

Saudi Parties
Kingdom of Hijaz
Establishments in 1924 in Hijaz
Dissolutions in 1926 in Hijaz
Political History of Hijaz