Sharif Hussein bin Ali was the one qualified to annul the call for holy war, from Britain's perspective, out of his religious position as a protector of Mecca and Medina, and his lineage from Prophet Mohammad, peace be upon him. Sharif Hussein exchanged ten letters with McMahon in the period ...

Historical Media - IPS Library - London - Cover of a 1939 printing of the Hussein -McMahon correspondence.

August 29, 2024 - The McMahon-Hussein Correspondence was a series of letters exchanged between Sir Henry McMahon, the British High Commissioner in Egypt, and Sharif Hussein bin Ali of Mecca during World War I. These letters promised the Arab leaders support for independence from the Ottoman Empire in exchange ...

[Title] McMahon, UK High Commissioner in Egypt letter to Sherif Hussein of Mecca (THE McMAHON LETTER, McMahon-Husain Correspondence, Letter from McMahon to Husayn, dated October 24,1915)

MacMahon's correspondence with Sharif Husayn (1915) In a letter dated the 24th of October, 1915, Sir Henry McMahon, then His Majesty's High Commissioner in Egypt, promises the Sharif of Mecca, Husayn ibn Ali, to "recognise and support the independence of the Arabs within the territories proposed ...

October 22, 2021 - By Dr Peter Shambrook Paper given at the Balfour Project conference, Britain and Palestine: past history & future role, Durham, Oct 31st 2015 Abstract The origins of the McMahon-Hussein Correspondence - and the subsequent official interpretations, and the controversies surrounding those ...

The Hussein-McMahon Correspondence refers to a series of letters exchanged during World War I between Sharif Hussein of Mecca and Sir Henry McMahon, the British High Commissioner in Egypt. These letters discussed the potential for Arab independence from Ottoman rule in exchange for Arab support ...

October 19, 2024 - The Husayn-McMahon Correspondence is the focus of Today in Israeli History for October 24, 1915

The Husain-McMahon Letters (excerpt) · From The Israel-Arab Reader, (3rd Ed.) edited, Walter Laqueur, Bantam Books, 1976

March 16, 2023 - Other articles where McMahon, Sir Henry is discussed: Hussein-McMahon correspondence: …Ali, emir of Mecca, and Sir Henry McMahon, the British high commissioner in Egypt. In general terms, the correspondence effectively traded British support of an independent Arab state for Arab assistance ...

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This fact was acknowledged again ... famous correspondence took place , found the topic important enough to summon a special committee of investigation in order to hear and reevaluate the interpretations of prominent Arab and British personalities. The Hussein-McMahon Correspondence ...

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July 5, 2023 - Sir Henry MacMahon said to an official ... giving that pledge to King Hussein to include Palestine in the area in which Arab independence was promised.” · See Report of a Committee Set Up To Consider Certain Correspondence Between Sir Henry McMahon [His Majesty’s High Commissioner ...

May 9, 2024 - Find an answer to your question: Analyze and explain the impact of McMahon-Hussein correspondence in the unfolding of Arab Nationalism. (10 points) Write your …