Gulf of Akaba

Geographers differ somewhat as to what constitutes Arabia proper, but for the purposes of modern practical politics it may be considered as all the peninsula south of a line from the head of the Gulf of Akaba to the head of the Persian Gulf, and consisting of Nejd, the Hejaz, [C]

Pan-Islam

The boundary line between Egypt and Palestine in 1914 ran from Rafa, on the Mediterranean, to the head of the Gulf of Akaba, the north-eastern arm of the Red Sea.

With the British Army in The Holy Land

As ruler of Edom he had possession of the port of Eloth, at the head of the Gulf of Akaba.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

a spot called Tabah at the head of the Gulf of Akaba, which we regarded as within the dominions of the Khedive but which Osmanli troops had truculently taken possession of.

Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 1893