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The McMahon–Hussein letter of 24 October 1915. George Antonius—who had been the first to publish the correspondence in full—described this letter as "by far the most important in the whole correspondence, and may perhaps be regarded as the most important international document in the history of the Arab national movement... is still invoked as the main piece of evidence on which the ...
McMahon-Hussein Correspondence, the McMahon Line, Declaration to the Seven Sir Vincent Arthur Henry McMahon GCMG GCVO KCIE CSI KStJ (28 November 1862 – 29 December 1949) was a British Indian Army officer and diplomat who served as the Foreign Secretary in the Government of India from 1911 to 1915 and as the High Commissioner in Egypt from ...
McMahon–Hussein Correspondence 1915–16 letters on UK recognition of Arab independence The McMahon–Hussein Correspondence [lower-alpha 1] is a series of letters that were exchanged during World War I in which the Government of the United Kingdom agreed to recognize Arab independence in a large region after the war in exchange for the ...
English: A letter from Sir Henry McMahon, the British High Commissioner of Egypt, to Sharif Hussein of Mecca, dated October 24, 1915. The letter discusses British recognition of Arab independence in exchange for their support against the Ottoman Empire.
Following deliberations at Ta'if between Hussein and his sons in June 1915, during which Faisal counselled caution, Ali argued against rebellion and Abdullah advocated action, the Sharif set a tentative date for armed revolt for June 1916 and commenced negotiations with the British High Commissioner in Egypt, Sir Henry McMahon via the Hussein ...
Under the terms of the 1915 McMahon-Hussein Correspondence and the 1916 Sykes–Picot Agreement, Transjordan was intended to become part of an Arab state or a confederation of Arab states. British forces retreated in spring 1918 from Transjordan after their first and second attacks on the territory, [ 50 ] indicating their political ideas about ...
Pages in category "1915 documents" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... McMahon–Hussein correspondence; P. The Future of Palestine;
Henry McMahon, British High Commissioner of Egypt sent a letter to Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca confirming there was general British support to the Arab leader's early request to aide an Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire and creating an independent Arab state. [98]