Month: April 2020

193: 1919 – The Near East III

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King Faisal of Iraq (seated l.) with King Abdulaziz (seated r.) of what will become Saudi Arabia.

The British were content to recognize Hussein of Mecca as King of Hejaz, but Hussein resisted Allied plans for Palestine and the Levant.

The Emir of neighboring Najd was more flexible with the British, but had his own quarrels with Hussein, which eventually led to the Emir seizing control of Hussein’s kingdom and combining his realms into Saudi Arabia.

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Playlist:

Fanfare

Opening Theme

Damascus Dusk

Closing Theme 


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192: 1919 – The Near East II

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Faisal bin Hussein with his delegation at the Paris Peace Conference. The man just behind Faisal and to the right (in the dark headdress) is T.E. Lawrence, famous as ‘Lawrence of Arabia.’

Pursuant to what they had agreed upon in the Sykes-Picot Agreement, France and Britain divided between themselves the most desirable Arab lands—the Fertile Crescent.

The Arabs of the region were not consulted and did not consent to the arrangement, although the British did make one of King Hussein’s sons the King of Iraq and the other the Emir of Transjordan, while adopting a low profile in the governance of those two nations.

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Playlist:

Fanfare

Opening Theme

“Mawwal”
Traditional. Public domain.
Performed by Ahmed Abdul Qadir al-Musili. Public domain recording.
Source.

Closing Theme 


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191: 1919 – The Near East I

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The golden death mask of Tutankhamun.

The European powers intended to divide up the territories of the Ottoman Empire among themselves, just as was the case with Africa.

But the peoples of those regions had their own ideas. Egypt, long ruled by Britain, fought for independence, while Afghanistan broke relations with Britain in the wake of the Amritsar Massacre and declared war.

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Steve Martin performs “King Tut” on Saturday Night Live, May 22, 1978:


Playlist:

Fanfare

Opening Theme

“Rah Wilfy”
Traditional. Public domain.
Performed by Badria Anwar. Public domain recording. Source.

Closing Theme 


Except when otherwise indicated, the contents of this podcast are © and ℗ 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 by Mark Painter, all rights reserved. Mask of Tutankhamun photographed by Roland Unger and used pursuant to a Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 license. Some music and sound effects used by arrangement with Pond 5.