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20 Qirsh - Husayn
| Issuer | Kingdom of Hejaz |
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| Year | 1923-1924 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Mintage | 1334 (1923) 8 - ١٣٣٤/٨ - 1334 (1924) 9 - ١٣٣٤/٩ - |
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Husayn bin Ali had himself proclaimed King of the Arabs in 1916 after launching the Arab Revolt against Ottoman rule, a title the British encouraged but never formally recognized beyond the Hejaz itself. By 1923–24, his political position was deteriorating rapidly — Ibn Saud's Wahhabi forces were pressing from the east, and Husayn's decision to declare himself Caliph in 1924 following the Ottoman abolition of the caliphate alienated rather than unified Muslim opinion. This coinage was struck in the final months of a kingdom that would cease to exist within a year.
Ibn Saud took Mecca in October 1924. Husayn abdicated shortly after.