Wario2, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia CommonsPeace having been concluded, Nejd troops entered Jeddah.
This was the conclusion of a monumental event that had been decades in the making, recreating, with slightly larger boundaries, the former extent of the First Saudi State which had come to an end in 1818. It also demonstrated the tricky nature of British support, as both sides in the conflict had been supported by the British during World War One, although only the Hashemite Kingdom of Hejaz had been active supporters of the British backed Arab Revolt.
It took oil, of course, to make Saudi Arabia what it is today, and in part what it is, is a house of cards, still ruled by one family.
Henri de Jouvenel was appointed High Commissioner of the Levant, the French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon.
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