06:3206:32, 9 June 2024diffhist+3
St John Philby
→Adviser to Ibn Saud: The Sharif of Mecca only ruled the Hejaz, in what is now western Saudi Arabia-he never ruled all of Arabia-he wanted to rule all of Arabia, but that is a different thing
06:3006:30, 9 June 2024diffhist+27
St John Philby
→Arabist: The 14 old year Foreign Minister whom Philby escorted around London in 1919 later became the king of Saudi Arabia who led the oil embargo in 1973-1974
06:3206:32, 9 June 2024diffhist+3
St John Philby
→Adviser to Ibn Saud: The Sharif of Mecca only ruled the Hejaz, in what is now western Saudi Arabia-he never ruled all of Arabia-he wanted to rule all of Arabia, but that is a different thing
06:3006:30, 9 June 2024diffhist+27
St John Philby
→Arabist: The 14 old year Foreign Minister whom Philby escorted around London in 1919 later became the king of Saudi Arabia who led the oil embargo in 1973-1974