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Letters of 1915 and 1916 between Sir Henry McMahon and the Sharif of Mecca; British and Arab representatives later read them differently.

1915–1916

McMahon-Hussein correspondence. Letters of 1915 and 1916 between Sir Henry McMahon and the Sharif of Mecca; British and Arab representatives later read them differently.

1915

1915–1916: Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca authored McMahon-Hussein correspondence.

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

Oct 1915: Sir Henry McMahon authored McMahon-Hussein correspondence.

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