Talk:Sharifian Solution

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:16, 30 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sharifian Solution

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The three kings: Ali of Hijaz, Abdullah of Transjordan, Faisal of Iraq

... that Lawrence of Arabia's plan to install the Sharif of Mecca's sons as rulers in what became modern Syria, Jordan, Iraq and western Saudi Arabia was partially successful?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Mongol invasions of Sakhalin
Comment: Alternative photo is this map showing Lawrence of Arabia's plan.

Created by Selfstudier (talk) and Onceinawhile (talk). Nominated by Onceinawhile (talk) at 12:05, 12 June 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Good work! New enough & certainly long enough. Seems neutral & well-sourced. I'll make some comments on layout on the talk page. QPQ done. Hook checks out, AGF on sources. Earwig finds nothing. Pic is ok to use. But there are a few unreferenced paras, which needs sorting. Johnbod (talk) 02:51, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Did you know... that Lawrence of Arabia's plan to install the Sharif of Mecca's sons as rulers in what became modern Syria, Jordan, Iraq, and western Saudi Arabia was only partially successful?

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Idea of this article is to link together the events leading to Hashemite rule in then Transjordan and Iraq following on from British pledges to the Sherif of mecca in WW1.Selfstudier (talk) 17:43, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comments on layout etc[edit]

There are a few unreferenced paras, which needs sorting.
Hashemite should come out of SA & go into the text - near the end of the lead there's a good place, in "The other two branches of the dynasty did not survive".
What are called here "references" should precede what is called the "bibliography" - a term I don't like using for only 4 books. "Notes" & "References" (for the books) are better imo.
The timeline bit for Faisal in England looks a bit messy - bullet points or something? It's not clear what the refs are here - if it's all one source say so in the ref.

Johnbod (talk) 03:39, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comments. Yes, bit naughty I have been tidying it up and doing the refs as I go, if you look at the edits, you can see I am doing those time line bullets atm (it's a bit complicated, the sources are contradictory and inconsistent).Selfstudier (talk) 10:40, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Still to do[edit]

Looking for any sources that talk about the relationship between the father and the sons and the sons with each other. Few and far between in English sources or else difficult to find. Anything in Arab scholarship?

Also Abdullah Iraq ambitions, pretty sure he had them, anything on that as well welcome (I have some, still putting it together).

Selfstudier (talk) 22:43, 5 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Timothy Paris has a good amount of detail on the relationship between Hussein and his sons.

I will have a look around re the other questions.

Onceinawhile (talk) 09:38, 6 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Map resolution[edit]

Map resolution is too low to read place names. It needs to be rescanned 209.93.146.3 (talk) 09:14, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]