THE HEJAZ RAILWAY

Middle East | April 1, 2006| | Copyright

THE HEJAZ RAILWAY By James Nicholson published by Stacey International ISBN 1 900988 81 x price £25.00 hardback

Winding its way from Damascus through the vast desert wastes of Jordan and into the spectacular barren mountains of northwest Saudi Arabia, a distance of more than 1,500km, the Hejaz Railway was a testament to the fading but still potent power of the Ottomans in Arabia. It was built by the Turks both as a route for pilgrims and as a potential military resource.

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