Person1854 – 1931
Hussein bin Ali
Also called: Sharif Hussein
Sharif of Mecca who, after his correspondence with Britain, launched the Arab Revolt in 1916 and became King of the Hejaz
Where they went
2 related events
- 1
During the First World War Britain promised Sharif Hussein of Mecca that it would support Arab independence after the war if he rose against the Ottoman Empire.
- 2
With British support, Sharif Hussein of Mecca rose against the Ottoman Empire; Arab forces took Aqaba and entered Damascus in 1918.
People who appear alongside
- Henry McMahon1862 – 1949
British diplomat and colonial official who, as High Commissioner in Egypt (1915–1916), corresponded with Hussein of Mecca
- Faisal I of Iraq1885 – 1933
Son of Hussein bin Ali and a commander of the Arab Revolt, briefly King of Syria (1920) and then King of Iraq (1921–1933)
- T. E. Lawrence1888 – 1935
British archaeologist and intelligence officer who served as liaison to the Arab Revolt and became known as "Lawrence of Arabia"
Themes this person appears in
- National Movements in Asia and Africa1915 – 1948
From the Hussein–McMahon correspondence to the founding of Israel — three decades in which India, West Asia, Southeast Asia and Africa, swept up in the tide of self-determination after the First World War, pressed toward independence and modernization