Summary
The Arab Khalifate of Islam whose proclamation the Sherif Hussein of Mecca asks England to approve in the first of his six propositions in the McMahon–Hussein correspondence, and whose resumption by an Arab of true race Henry McMahon says His Majesty’s Government would welcome, confirming Lord Kitchener’s earlier message (Correspondence between Sir Henry McMahon and the Sherif Hussein of Mecca, July 1915–March 1916, PDF p.3-4).
Details
- No. 1 (14 July 1915): alongside acknowledgment of the Arab countries’ independence, England is asked to approve the proclamation of an Arab Khalifate of Islam (PDF p.3).
- No. 2 (30 August 1915): McMahon confirms Kitchener’s message, which stated Britain’s approval of the Arab Khalifate when it should be proclaimed, and declares once more that His Majesty’s Government would welcome the resumption of the Khalifate by an Arab of true race (PDF p.4).
- No. 3 (9 September 1915): the Khalifate appears in the grain passage — Britain’s antagonism is said to be confined to the party which has usurped the rights of the Khalifate, in which are included the rights of all Moslems — and footnote (6) prints a suggested better translation of Hussein’s sentence on the Khalifate, in which the Moslems are comforted for its loss (PDF p.6-7).
- No. 5 (5 November 1915): Hussein grounds Muslim–Christian equality in the Arab Kingdom on the practice of Omar ibn Khattab and the Khalifs who succeeded him, and the Iraqi argument on Ali ibn Abu Talib and the Khalifs after him (PDF p.9-10).
- No. 6 (14 December 1915): McMahon notes with pleasure the Arabs’ determination to act in conformity with the precepts of Omar Ibn Khattab and the early Khalifs, “which secure the rights and privileges of all religions alike” (PDF p.11).
Related pages
Correspondence between Sir Henry McMahon and the Sherif Hussein of Mecca, July 1915–March 1916, Sherif Hussein of Mecca, Lord Kitchener, Holy Places