The Arab Revolt

Date: June 1916 - October 1918
Location: Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine and Syria

Part of the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I

Flag of the Arab Revolt

        After the disastrous surrender of a British Army at Kut (in Iraq) in April 1916, the focus shifted to a wider area. The British attempted to instigate an Arab uprising againist Ottoman rule in northern Arabia and Transjordan, and to link this with a more conventional military campaign to take control of Palestine. Persuaded by T.E Lawrence, Sharif Hussein ibn Ali of Mecca raised a revolt againist the Ottomans in June 1916, causing enormous disruption in Sinai and Palestine. General Allenby's British army entered Jerusalem in December 1917, and inflicted a devastating defeat on the Ottoman army at Megiddo in September 1918, ending the war in the region.