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ajiss-427		ajiss-427		25	.pdf	application/pdf	10844	417	52	Efforts to recognize other caliphates also failed, as the general consensus was that if there were any desire among Muslims to recognize a new caliph, that honor would remain with the Turks.62 The end of Hussein and his caliphate, however, came not from Britain or any external source, but rather from his principal rival in the Arabian peninsula: Despite fears of Wahhabi Khan: The “Caliphate Question” 19 control over the Hejaz, it was apparent to the British that “the majority of [Indian] Moslems were so unfavorably disposed towards the Sherifian fam- ily” that Hashemite control over the area was considered relatively more repugnant than that of the House of Saud.73 If this were not enough, the Khi- lafat Committee made it clear in a very strongly worded telegram that under no circumstances would British Muslim opinion be favorable toward any non-Muslim intervention in the holy cities.74 Hussein was essentially spurned by the very power that had supported him throughout his war against the Ottomans.	cache/ajiss-427.pdf	txt/ajiss-427.txt