Hejaz (disambiguation)

Hejaz or Hijaz (Arabic: الحجاز al-Ḥiǧāz, literally "the barrier") may refer to the:

• Hejaz, a geological region in the Arabian peninsula
  • Hijaz Mountains, a mountain range

States

• Sharifate of Mecca (968–1925), also known as 'Emirate of Mecca'
• Habesh Eyalet (1554–1872), also known as 'Habesh and Hejaz' or the 'Ottoman Province of Abyssinia'
• Hejaz Vilayet (1872–1916), also known as 'Ottoman Hejaz'
• Kingdom of Hejaz (1916–1925)
• Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz (1926–1932)

Others

• Hijaz or Hijaz Bhairav, a raga in Hindustani classical music
• Hijaz-Nahawand maqam, also known as Phrygian dominant scale
• 1910 Hedjaz meteorite fall

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