Arab Revolt 1916 Map. Lawrence of arabia it has enjoyed a level of public and scholarly attention that continues to this day. Map of the arabian peninsula this map is from a collection of 65 projectable lantern slides relating to the arab revolt of 1916 18 an important theater of operations during world war i.
The arab revolt 1916 18 a complex desert campaign. الثورة العربية al thawra al arabiyya. Arap isyanı or the great arab revolt الثورة العربية الكبرى al thawra al arabiyya al kubrá was a military uprising of arab forces against the ottoman empire in the middle eastern theatre of world war i on the basis of the mcmahon hussein correspondence an agreement.
Finally in 1916 they persuaded the sharif of mecca to revolt against his ottoman overlords and declare the kingdom of hejaz.
Finally in 1916 they persuaded the sharif of mecca to revolt against his ottoman overlords and declare the kingdom of hejaz. The 1916 1918 arab revolt was often carried out by mounted arab tribesmen who knew the land intimately and were excellent marksmen library of congress. Lawrence biographer michael asher called it one of the most daring. Finally in 1916 they persuaded the sharif of mecca to revolt against his ottoman overlords and declare the kingdom of hejaz.