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Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca

Ruler of Mecca who corresponded with Sir Henry McMahon in 1915 and 1916.

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  • McMahon-Hussein correspondence 1915–1916 Primary record 2

    In 1939 the British government wrote that British and Arab representatives were unable to agree on an interpretation of the correspondence.

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  1. 1915–1916 Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca authored McMahon-Hussein correspondence
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  1. The Sykes-Picot Agreement, 1916, The Avalon Project, Yale Law School, 1916. Primary record
    representatives of the Shereef of Mecca.
  2. British White Paper on Palestine, 1939, The Avalon Project, Yale Law School, 1939. Primary record
    the correspondence which passed between Sir Henry McMahon and the Sharif of Mecca
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