An exchange of letters between Henry McMahon, British High Commissioner in Egypt, and Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca and later King of Hejaz, that took place in late 1915 and early 1916.

A letter authored by the British Foreign Minister, Lord Arthur James Balfour, on 2 November 1917, and subsequently endorsed by the British cabinet. … It was later referenced during the 1920 San Remo Conference, and served as a basis for the 1922 League of Nations Mandate for Palestine.

A global war conducted between 1914 and 1918, in which the Allied Powers, led by Britain, France, Japan, Russia (to 1917) and the United States (from 1917), fought the Central Powers, led by the German, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires. … The war in the Middle East officially ended with the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923 between the Allies and Turkey, heir to the defunct Ottoman Empire.

A plan presented by former Mandatory official Archer Cust during a lecture to the British Royal Central Asian Society on 4 March 1936. … The Mandatory administration would also retain responsibility for defense, customs and certain civil issues, while delegating "as much legislative and executive authority" to the cantonal administration.

A speech given by Revisionist Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky before a group of British MPs on 13 July 1937.