McMahon–Hussein Correspondence

The McMahon-Hussein Correspondence was a series of letters exchanged during World War I between Sir Henry McMahon, the British High Commissioner in Egypt, and Sharif Hussein of Mecca. In these letters, the British promised to support Arab independence from Ottoman rule in exchange for their assistance against the Ottomans in the war. The correspondence aimed to rally Arab support, but it later led to confusion and conflict, as the promises made conflicted with other agreements, such as the Balfour Declaration and the Sykes-Picot Agreement, which divided the region among European powers. This has had lasting implications for Middle Eastern politics.