Hejaz (disambiguation)

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Hejaz or Hijaz (Arabic: الحجاز‎ al-Ḥiǧāz, literally "the barrier") may refer to the:

Hejaz, a geological region in the Arabian peninsula
- Hijaz mountains, a mountain range

States

Sharifate of Mecca (968-1925), also known as 'Emirate of Mecca'
Habesh Eyalet (1554-1872), also known as 'Habesh and Hejaz' or the 'Ottoman Province of Abyssinia'
Hejaz Vilayet (1872-1916), also known as 'Ottoman Hejaz'
Kingdom of Hejaz (1916-1925)
Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz (1926-1932)

Others

Hijaz-Nahawand maqam, also known as Phrygian dominant scale
1910 Hedjaz meteorite fall

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