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At the end of [[World War I]] Hussein bin Ali, after losing [[Damascus]] to [[France]] and [[Baghdad]] to [[England]], retreated to [[Mecca]] and declared himself [[Caliph]]. (The [[Ottoman]] caliphate was abolished by the Turkish Grand National Assembly in March 1924).<ref>http://www.ibnsaud.info/main/3128.htm</ref> [[Ibn Saud]] however refused to acquiesce to new Caliph, invaded Mecca, annexed the [[Hejaz]], and united the Arabian peninsula ([[Yemen]] excepted) under Saudi tutelage. The Hashemites were awarded the boobey prize of the land of [[Moab]] (which God has eternally cursed in [[Hebrew]], [[Christian]], and [[Muslim]] scripture<ref>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+48&version=NASB Jeremiah Ch. 48]</ref>), renamed [[Jordan|Transjordan]].<ref>Sovereign Creations: Pan-Arabism and Political Order in Syria and Iraq, Malik Mufti, Cornell University Press, 1996, [https://books.google.com/books?id=px20DEwGH6cC&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=Custodians+of+the+Two+Shrine%2Bhashemite&source=bl&ots=dQSTHtKYcX&sig=Ge3At60ixvoCfF9_r3ncA-PZbaI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LIvWVJjDLoq1oQSi_ICQAg&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBDgU#v=onepage&q=Custodians%20of%20the%20Two%20Shrine%2Bhashemite&f=false pp.19-21].</ref> The borders were drawn by Sir [[Winston Churchill]].<ref>Emirate_of_Transjordan#Establishment_of_British_control.</ref>   

At the end of [[World War I]] Hussein bin Ali, after losing [[Damascus]] to [[France]] and [[Baghdad]] to [[England]], retreated to [[Mecca]] and declared himself [[Caliph]]. (The [[Ottoman]] caliphate was abolished by the Turkish Grand National Assembly in March 1924).<ref>http://www.ibnsaud.info/main/3128.htm</ref> [[Ibn Saud]] however refused to acquiesce to new Caliph, invaded Mecca, annexed the surrounding [[Hejaz]], and united the Arabian peninsula ([[Yemen]] excepted) under Saudi tutelage. The Hashemites were awarded the boobey prize of the land of [[Moab]] (which God has eternally cursed in [[Hebrew]], [[Christian]], and [[Muslim]] scripture<ref>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+48&version=NASB Jeremiah Ch. 48]</ref>), renamed [[Jordan|Transjordan]].<ref>Sovereign Creations: Pan-Arabism and Political Order in Syria and Iraq, Malik Mufti, Cornell University Press, 1996, [https://books.google.com/books?id=px20DEwGH6cC&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=Custodians+of+the+Two+Shrine%2Bhashemite&source=bl&ots=dQSTHtKYcX&sig=Ge3At60ixvoCfF9_r3ncA-PZbaI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LIvWVJjDLoq1oQSi_ICQAg&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBDgU#v=onepage&q=Custodians%20of%20the%20Two%20Shrine%2Bhashemite&f=false pp.19-21].</ref> The borders were drawn by Sir [[Winston Churchill]].<ref>Emirate_of_Transjordan#Establishment_of_British_control.</ref>   

The Hashemite family for hundreds of years held the title of Custodians of the Islamic Holy Places until the title was usurped by the Saudi ruling clan with the acquiescence of the [[British Empire]]. This has left residual resentment and mistrust throughout the [[Arab]] and Muslim world and accusations of Western interference in the affairs of [[Islam]].  

The Hashemite family for hundreds of years held the title of Custodians of the Islamic Holy Places until the title was usurped by the Saudi ruling clan with the acquiescence of the [[British Empire]]. This has left residual resentment and mistrust throughout the [[Arab]] and Muslim world and accusations of Western interference in the affairs of [[Islam]].