The Arabs of the Levant During the First Quarter of the Twentieth Century AD

Abstract

The study explained the role of Arabs in the eastern Arab world during the first quarter of the twentieth century. And how their conditions were during the First World War. Then the study touched on the role of some Arab countries in the First World War. They supported some superpowers at the expense of others. The study mentioned the most important events that occurred during the First World War, the most important of which was Britain's entry into Iraq. The British tried to shape their policy inside Iraq to completely sever Iraq's ties with the Ottoman Empire. Thus ending the Ottomans’ connection with the Arabian Peninsula. After that, the study showed Jamal Pasha's policy with the Arab nationalists in the Levant. The study then also mentioned Sharif Hussein bin Ali’s correspondence with the British to gain their favor at that stage to eliminate Ottoman rule in the Hijaz, and the British promised him the king of the Arabs. Then the study touched on Sharif Hussein’s announcement of the Great Arab Revolt against the Ottomans, and finally the study mentioned in the conclusion the most important results of the First World War.