Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "الخلافة الشريفية" in Arabic language version.
Ochsenwald has written that the vilayet of Hijaz was perhaps 'the Arab province most valuable to the Ottoman Sultan.' Possession of the Haramayan was a sine qua non for any sultan-caliph, and to be seen as the defender and benefactor of Islam's two holies cities was fundamental to the legitimacy and prestige of the ruler.
Ochsenwald has written that the vilayet of Hijaz was perhaps 'the Arab province most valuable to the Ottoman Sultan.' Possession of the Haramayan was a sine qua non for any sultan-caliph, and to be seen as the defender and benefactor of Islam's two holies cities was fundamental to the legitimacy and prestige of the ruler.
