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Arthur Henry McMahon

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expectations of Palestinian Arabs

In Palestine: World War I and after
…to March 1916 between Sir Henry McMahon, British high commissioner in Egypt, and Hussein ibn Ali, then emir of Mecca, in which the British made certain commitments to the Arabs in return for their support against the Ottomans during the war. Yet by May 1916 Great Britain, France, and Russia…
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history of Sino-Indian border dispute

In India: Foreign policy
…of a 1914 agreement between Arthur Henry McMahon, the British foreign secretary for India, and Tibetan officials but was never accepted by China. After China had reasserted its authority over Tibet in 1950, it began appealing to India—but to no avail—for negotiations over the border. This Sino-Indian dispute was exacerbated…
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