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A random thought but what if anything might be the outcome if during the unification of Saudi Arabia Abdul-Aziz bin Saud was able to consolidate his position in Najd and conquer Al-Hasa as in our timeline but was beaten to the punch in the Asir region by the Kingdom of Hejaz and then several years later when the Saudis attempt to invade the Kingdom they're successfully repulsed. The end result being a Kingdom of Hijaz running along the western Arabian coastline down from the Emirate of Transjordan to the Kingdom of Yemen - made up of the modern day Saudi regions of Tabuk, Al Madinah, Makkah, Al Bahah, Asir and Jizan - and a reduced Saudi Arabia making up the rest of what we know as Saudi Arabia. The Saudis have been able to take a leading global role thanks to owning Mecca and Medina which helps control the Hajj and oil income that allows them to help push their particular interpretation of Islam abroad by funding literature and imams, in this scenario though the Hashemites will be in control of the former. Do people think that the Saudis would still be able to influence things as heavily not being the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques but still with all the oil wealth or might we see it blunted a bit?
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