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The Stolen Land Glimpse Into The Past

The Stolen Land Glimpse Into The Past Fatima El Said

Chapter 1

In the beginning of the late 19th century were the OTTOMAN EMPIRE SULTAN MEHMED V RESHAD who reigned as the 35th and PENULTIMATE Ottoman Sultan ruled over a VAST MAJORITY of the lands faces a shocking situation At that time the ottomans were ruled by

The Ottoman Empire was SPREAD ACROSS many countries STARTING from Austria in THE NORTH Egypt in the south Morocco in THE WEST and Iran from EAST These were the four corners of their land

The Arabs were more LOYAL to the Turks than were the other subject races on account of their COMMON RELIGION

They lived in peace had everything they wanted and were treated the SAME WAY the Ottomans people were treated However The Arabs didn t want to ruled by someone who is a FOREIGNER

Therefore one of the Sir Henry McMahon the BRITISH COMMISSION ARAB RULERS in Egypt The letter asks the help from the British to HELP the Arabs to gain their Sharif Hussein of Mecca sent a letter to NATIONALISM

At that time WORLD WAR 1 was taking place Therefore Sharif Hussein of Mecca and Sir Henry McMahon planed to make the Arab join the war to OVERTHROW and DISMISS the Ottomans out of the ARAB LANDS

The joining of the Arabs in the war lead to the creation of the ARAB REVOLT The Arab Revolt is the war were all the Arabs had fought against the OTTOMAN EMPIRE

For their COOPERATION British the Arabs were to secure ASSISTANCE and RECOGNITION of an INDEPENDENT ARAB STATE

ARAB STATE under discussion was not to include Hejaz ONLY but ALL ARABIC SPEAKING in the Near East which naturally meant PALESTINE territory

Chapter 2

Unfortunately Great Britain did not attach any GREAT WEIGHT to her PROMISE to the Arab

Before the ink of the Hussein McMahon negotiations was DRY

On May 19 1916 an AGREEMENT with Fran ois Georges Picot Mark Sykes signed on the Known as BEHALF of Great Britain SYKES PICOT AGREEMENT

The AGREEMENT was to divide the ARAB LANDS that were UNDER the rule of the OTTOMAN EMPIRE

between GREAT BRITAIN and FRANCE

Chapter 3

The British Government went a DECLARATION STEP FARTHER on November 2 1917 the late Lord Balfour sent his famous letter to Lord Rothschild with the following