Issues
12 issues found.
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McMahon-Hussein Letters (1915-6)
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. -
World War I (1914-1918)
Balfour Declaration Britain France Mandatory Palestine (1922-1948) Ottoman Empire Russian Empire Sykes-Picot Agreement World War IA 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. -
Paris Peace Conference (1919)
Britain France Milestones Ottoman Empire Sykes-Picot Agreement Transjordan United States World War IAn international conference held in Paris during 1919, following the conclusion of World War I. -
Egyptian-Ottoman Boundary Agreement (1906)
An agreement signed between the Ottoman Empire and British-controlled Egypt in Rafah on 1 October 1906, establishing the border between the Egyptian Sinai and the Ottoman provinces of Hejaz and Jerusalem. -
Mukhtar Pasha Proposal for the Egyptian-Ottoman Border (1892)
A proposal submitted to the Egyptian and British governments in 1892 by Mukhtar Pasha, the Ottoman representative in Cairo, as to the border between Egypt and the Ottoman Empire. -
Firman Granting Muhammad Ali Rule Over Egypt (1841)
A firman, or royal decree, granted by Sultan Abdülmecid I of the Ottoman Empire to the ruler of Egypt, Albanian-born general Muhammad Ali Pasha, in 1841. -
Treaty of Lausanne (1923)
A peace treaty officially concluding World War I in the Middle East, signed between Turkey, heir to the defunct Ottoman Empire, and the Allied Powers, including Britain, France, Italy and Japan. -
Damascus Protocol (1915)
A document given by the leaders of two Arab secret societies, Al-Fatat and Al-Ahd, to Hashemite prince Faisal, son of Hussein, Sharif of Mecca, on 23 May 1915. -
King-Crane Commission Report (1919)
A report prepared by a commission led by two Americans, Henry King and Charles Crane, that was completed on 28 August 1919 and published in 1922. -
Treaty of Berlin (1878)
A treaty signed between several European powers in Berlin, Germany, on 13 July 1878. -
Palestine Order in Council, 1922
An Order in Council, or type of primary legislation, pertaining to Palestine and enacted in the name of King George V on 10 August 1922. -
Treaty of Paris (1856)
A treaty signed in Paris on 30 March 1856, ending the Crimean War, a three-year conflict in which Russia faced the Ottoman Empire, France, Britain and the Kingdom of Sardinia, which had started following disputes over the rights of Christian minorities in Palestine.