by Talking Humanities | Sep 28, 2017 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Politics & Law
On 10 June 1916 Sharif Hussein, guardian of the holy city of Mecca, fired a shot from a window in his palace at the Turkish headquarters nearby. This marked the start of the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire, writes Martin Plaut. Negotiations between the British,...
