THE McMAHON-HUSSEIN LETTER, OCTOBER 24, 1915
Sherif Hussein as depicted on a Jordanian banknote
This letter is part of the correspondence between Sir Henry McMahon, the British Ambassador in Cairo, and the Sherif Hussein of Mecca. Hussein was the ruler of the Hejaz, the western part of the Arabian peninsula, which includes Mecca, Medina and Jedda, and his Hashemite dynasty claims descent from the Prophet Mohammed. King Abdullah of Jordan is the great-great-grandson of Hussein.