Arab Revolt 1916 Map
Manchester guardian 22 june 1916.
Arab revolt 1916 map. With british supplied arms the sharif took control of the region threatening to overthrow ottoman rule. الثورة العربية al thawra al arabiyya. The arab revolt of 1916 18 was a major episode of ww1 and due to the subsequent fame of t e. Forces commanded by sharif hussein ibn ali s sons the emirs ali and feisal attacked the ottoman garrison at medina in an attempt to seize the holy city and its railway station.
The 1916 1918 arab revolt was often carried out by mounted arab tribesmen who knew the land intimately and were excellent marksmen library of congress. The arab revolt began on 5 june 1916. Historical map of south southwest asia 9 july 1916 arab revolt. After three days the arabs broke off their attacks and the commander of the 12 000 strong ottoman garrison general fakhri.
This was primarily attributed to the. Although many arabs had reached the highest positions in the ottoman government by the end of the nineteenth century opposition to turkish authority was spreading through the empire s arabic speaking provinces of the ottoman empire a separatist nationalist movement had followers in many arab towns. Finally in 1916 they persuaded the sharif of mecca to revolt against his ottoman overlords and declare the kingdom of hejaz. This 600 mile weeks long trek was through terrain so inhospitable even the bedouin called it al houl the terror t.
The arab revolt 1916 18 a complex desert campaign. The arab revolt arabic. Arap isyanı or the great arab revolt الثورة العربية الكبرى al thawra al arabiyya al kubrá was a military uprising of arab forces against the ottoman empire in the middle eastern theatre of world war i on the basis of the mcmahon hussein correspondence an agreement. Map of the arabian peninsula this map is from a collection of 65 projectable lantern slides relating to the arab revolt of 1916 18 an important theater of operations during world war i.
A piece entitled at the back of the arab revolt appeared in the paper that sought to explain the cause of the revolt. Arab revolt 1916 uprising of arab nationalists against the ottoman empire during world war i. Lawrence biographer michael asher called it one of the most daring.