#Ottoman #Turkey was already scheming to depose Grand Sharif #Hussein of #Mecca
#ThievesBanquet, starting with #Russia coveting #Constantinople (#Istanbul), with #Britain & #France reluctantly agreeing, led to #Kitchener letter offering #Hussein independence from #Ottomans but it was based on vague borders
Separately, #Arab secret societies #AlAhd & #AlFatat jointly conceived #DamascusProtocol, foundation of #ArabRevolt against #Turks, to include #Palestine but British never promised them that
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#Hussein was LIVID.
He was under the impression that the #British had agreed to the #DamascusProtocol document, prepared by #Arab secret societies #AlFatat & #AlAhd, declaring that Arabs would revolt in alliance with #UK. In return, UK would recognize Arab independence in the area specified by the Damascus Protocol, as they were ESSENTIAL to the well-being of any future #Arab State
But British had offered VAGUE borders. Immediately after outbreak of #WWI, #McMahon took up the border issue
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⬆️ Grand Sharif #Hussein secretly dispatched emissaries to main #Arab leaders
1915: #Hussein learns of #Turkish plans to depose him, and to assert #Ottoman control over #Hejaz
#AlAhd & #AlFatat join forces; conceive the #DamascusProtocol, foundation of #ArabRevolt
Implicit in the Damascus Protocol, Grand Sharif Hussein would preside over the "Great Arab State" containing #Palestine.
#Britain Makes Hussein an offer for an independent #sovereign #Muslim State & full control over holy sites!
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Ramesh #NotGoingBack