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Hussein McMahon correspondence

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The purpose of this page is to discuss the Hussein McMahon correspondence and its effect on the Middle East.

"The McMahon-Hussein Agreement of October 1915 was accepted by Palestinians as a promise by the British that after World War One, land previously held by the Turks would be returned to the Arab nationals who lived in that land. The McMahon-Hussein Agreement was to greatly complicate Middle East history and seemed to directly clash with the Balfour Declaration of 1917."

The McMahon Agreement  (WWW.HISTORYLEARNINGSITE.CO.UK) (2014/0816)

This correspondence explains a great deal of the tension in the Middle East as the Arabs felt betrayed by the British.