- With Winston Churchill’s and TE Lawrence’s support, Prince Abdullah is made the temporary ruler of Transjordan
- Arab nationalists in Syria are demanding independence from France
- Winston Churchill reinterprets the Balfour Declaration but it does nothing to stop the steady stream of Jewish immigrants from Europe
- Abdul Aziz ibn Saud, the ruler of Najd, prepares to invade the Hijaz but the British make him back down
- Having defeated the Rashidis, the Hashemites are the last significant rival to Saudi dominance in Arabia
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