A prince of Arabia, the Emir Shereef Ali Haider / by George Stitt.

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Statement by Her Highness the Princess Fatma -- INTRODUCTION : The Emirate of Mecca -- I. 1866-1885, The Grand Shereef Abdul Muttalib in Stamboul. Birth and early life of Ali Haider. The Court of Abdul Hamid : 1. Birth and Boyhood - 2. A Visit to Mecca - 3. Schooldays - 4. The Final Emirate of Abdul Muttalib -- II. 1885-1909, Intrigues for the Emirate of Mecca. Ali Haider's early Manhood. Marriage. The Struggle for Mecca. The Turkish Revolution and Deposition of Abdul Hamid. Travels in Egypt and Asia Minor : 5. Early Manhood - 6. The Turkish Revolution -- III. 1909-1912, Disillusion follows Revolution. War with Italy. The Shereef visits Medina, Outbreak of First Balkan War : 7. Pilgrimage to Medina - 8. The Balkan War -- IV. 1912-1916,. Intrigues in the Hedjaz.: 9. End of the Balkan Wars - 10. Outbreak of the First World War -- V. 1916-1918, The Arab Revolt. Ali Haider obtains his Birthright as Emir of Mecca : 11. Emir of Mecca - 12. The Defence of Medina -- VI. 1918, Return to Stamboul. The Armistice brings disillusion. Ali Haider struggles to retain his rights : 13. Armistice - 14. The Struggle in Stamboul -- VII. 1919-1921, The Treaty of Sevres and the birth of a New Turkey. Trouble in Syria. The Rulership of Mesopotamia. Ali Haider as a claimant to the Throne : 15. The New Turkey - 16. The Mesopotamian Claim -- VIII. 1921-1923, Arabia abandoned in the Resurrection of Turkey. The Sultan withdraws recognition of Ali Haider as Emir of Mecca, The Treaty of Lausanne. The Kemalists abolish the Sultanate : 17. The Sultan Withdraws Recognition - 18. The Abolition of the Sultanate -- XI. 1923-1926, The Abolition of the Caliphate. The Wahhabi conquest of the Hedjaz. Ali Haider is proposed for the Emirate of Mecca : 19. The Caliph leaves Turkey - 20. Ibn Saoud and the Hedjaz -- X. 1926-1935, Ali Haider's last journey to Arabia and final disappointment. Last days in Syria : 21. Journey to Syria - 22. The End -- APPENDICES : 1. The House of the Prophet Mohammed - 2. The House of Devi-Zeyd - 3. The House of Devi-Aoun - 4. Contemporary Sultans of the House of Osman - 5. The Recommendation of the Shereef Ali Haider to the Moslem World by the Caliph Abdul Mejid.