Editing Arab Revolt (section)

== Aftermath ==
{{See also|Partition of the Ottoman Empire}}
[[File:Arabia Armistice Mudros.png|thumb|A map of the region at the end of the war]]

The [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] agreed in the [[McMahon–Hussein Correspondence]] that it would support Arab independence if they revolted against the Ottomans.

However, the United Kingdom and [[French Third Republic|France]] reneged on the original deal and divided up the area under the [[Sykes–Picot Agreement|1916 Sykes–Picot Agreement]] in ways that the Arabs felt were unfavourable to them. Further confusing the issue was the [[Balfour Declaration]] of 1917, which promised support for a [[Jews|Jewish]] "national home" in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]]. This series of events is often characterised as a betrayal of the Arabs by the British.<ref>Sole, Kent M. "The Arabs, a people betrayed". ''Journal of Third World Studies'', vol. 2, no. 2, 1985, pp. 59–62. {{JSTOR|45197139}}. Accessed 8 Nov. 2023.</ref><ref>Barnett, David (30 Oct 2022). "[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/30/revealed-te-lawrence-felt-bitter-shame-over-uks-false-promises-of-arab-self-rule Revealed: TE Lawrence felt 'bitter shame' over UK's false promises of Arab self rule]". ''The Observer''. {{ISSN|0029-7712}}. Retrieved 2023-11-08.</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Betrayal of Arabs after first World War set stage for turbulent century |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/middle-east/betrayal-of-arabs-after-first-world-war-set-stage-for-turbulent-century-1.1840067 |access-date=2023-11-08 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref> For a brief period, the [[Hejaz|Hejaz region]] of western [[Arabian Peninsula|Arabia]] became a [[self-declared states|self-declared state]], without being universally recognised as such, under Hussein's control. Although both [[Ibn Saud]] and Hussein received British aid, it was eventually conquered by [[Ibn Saud]] in 1925, as part of his military and sociopolitical campaign for the [[unification of Saudi Arabia]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia, Volume 1|last=Mikaberidze|first=Alexander|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2011|isbn=978-1598843361|pages=799–802}}</ref>

The Arab Revolt is seen by historians as the first organized movement of [[Arab nationalism]]. It brought together different Arab groups for the first time with the common goal to fight for independence from the [[Ottoman Empire]]. Much of the history of Arab independence stemmed from the revolt beginning with the kingdom that had been founded by Hussein.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Antonius |first1=George |title=The Arab Awakening: The Story of the Arab National Movement |date=1939 |publisher=Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott |url=https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-rbsc_isl_arab-awakening_DS636A461939-16015}}</ref>

After the war, the Arab Revolt had implications. Groups of people were put into classes that were based on whether they had fought in the revolt and their rank. In [[Iraq]], a group of Sharifian officers from the Arab Revolt formed a political party that they headed. The Hashemites in [[Jordan]] remain influenced by the actions of the revolt's Arab leaders.{{sfn|Khalidi|1991|p=7}}