Faisal I

Faisal I is the Maharajah of the Maharajahnate of Mesopotamia and the third son of Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.

## History

### Early Life

Faisal was born in Mecca, Ottoman Empire (in present-day Saudi Arabia), in 1885, the third son of Hussein bin Ali, the Grand Sharif of Mecca. He grew up in Istanbul and learned about leadership from his father. In 1913, he was elected as representative for the city of Jeddah for the Ottoman parliament.

### World War I

After the Ottoman Empire declared war on the Central Powers as a way to steal Libya back from the Italians, Faisal's father sent him on a mission to Constantinople to discuss the Ottomans' request for Arab participation in the war. Along the way Faisal visited Damascus and met with representatives of the Arab secret societies al-Fatat and Al-'Ahd. After visiting Constantinople Faisal returned to Mecca via Damascus where he again met with the Arab secret societies, received the Damascus Protocol, and joined with the Al-Fatat group of Arab nationalists.

### Arab Revolt

Faisal then met with the Italians who then decided to lead a rebellion against the Ottomans. The Italians met with Arab Nationalists in Damascus as other Italian Soldiers brought in Ibn Saud who also joined. Faisal brought in his Hashimite Family as they then discussed plans on how to liberate Arabs from Ottoman Rule. Hussein Wanted a United Arabia, but he was told it would not be possible by the lead Italian General who was more in the favor of Ibn Saud in dividing Arabia due to Ibn Saud's experience with Arab tribes in his region with different beliefs. Saud and the Italian General then discussed on spiting the Middle East into many countries (The Germans claimed the Ottoman Empire's main region of Turkey and the land of Kurdistan as the Italians claimed the rest of the Arabian Peninsula) The Italians went to the upper Arabian Peninsula and divided it into three regions due to ideologies and religion. These three countries will be ruled by Hussein bin Ali's sons Ali bin Hussein, Abdullah and Faisal himself. Then the Italians met with the Sauds as they decided to take the rest of the Peninsula other than the Kingdom of Yemen, the Aden Protectorate and the Sultanate of Oman (which will become an Italian puppet which never happened due to Indo-Persia conquering the Gulf States)

The revolt was successful, but it was costly with many defeats that are equal to victories due to the Ottomans getting help from the British with experts such as T. E. Lawrence (who is now a Warlord in Britain) and Gertrude Bell (who is imprisoned in the household of her family). The two British were banished back to Britain which it became the Emirate of England.

### After the War

After the War, Faisal was elected as Maharajah of Mesopotamia as the Sunni Population praised him as their ruler as the Shia population just moved into Indo-Persia. He was pleased with the rule with his people, but he and his people were not happy of the Italians with them electing Fakhri Pasha as their Praetor, but they let it happen because their master state gave them independence.

## Marriages

Faisal was married to Huzaima bint Nasser and had with her one son (King Ghazi) and three daughters:

* Princess Azza bint Faisal.
* Princess Rajiha bint Faisal.
* Princess Raifia bint Faisal.
* Ghazi Crown Prince of Mesopotamia, married married his first cousin, Princess Aliya bint Ali, daughter of Ali bin Hussein, Sultan of Syria.