... with Istiqlali activists. The Istiqlali Syrian activists helped ʻAbd alʻAziz to use Hijazi sovereignty fully and to gain acceptance among post-Ottoman Arabs. ‘Abd al ‘Aziz Arab Saudi kingdom Hijazi Kingdom Satia Priya al Din Khayr al Husayn Faysal Istiqlali network Yasin Yusuf...

... representation and ethnic nationalism. Republican-secularist Syrians, who advocated the new League norms instead of the imperial ones, had to make a series of compromises with the Istiqlali activists and the French High Commission. Instead of a secular republic, they therefore declared a Muslim...