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Bookmark or Share- Arab Revolt - WikipediaThe Arab Revolt (Arabic: الثورة العربية al-Thawra al-‘Arabiyya), also known as the Great Arab Revolt (الثورة العربية الكبرى al-Thawra al-‘Arabiyya al-Kubrā), was an armed uprising by the Hashemite-led Arabs of the Hejaz [9] against the Ottoman Empire amidst the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I.
- Arab revolt - Oxford ReferenceThe revolt began in June 1916, when an Arab army of some 70,000 men, financed by Britain and led by Faisal I, moved against Turkish forces. They captured Aqabah and cut the Hejaz railway, a vital strategic link through the Arab peninsula which ran from Damascus to Medina.
- Creating Chaos: Lawrence of Arabia and the 1916 Arab Revolt - HistoryNetThe British-backed Arab Revolt in 1916—featuring the dashing guerrilla fighter Lawrence of Arabia—planted the seeds of modern conflicts in the Middle East.
- 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine - Wikipedia1936–1939 Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine; Part of the intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine, decolonisation of Asia, and the precursor to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict: British soldiers on an armoured train car with two Palestinian Arab hostages used as human shields.
- The Arab Revolt, 1916-18 - New Zealand HistoryThe Arab Revolt began on 5 June 1916. Forces commanded by Sharif Hussein ibn Ali’s sons, the emirs Ali and Feisal, attacked the Ottoman garrison at Medina in an attempt to seize the holy city and its railway station.
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