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The McMahon-Hussein Correspondence

Lot 105
28.04.2021 11:00UTC +00:00
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Starting price
£ 1 500
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 519396
Lot 105 | The McMahon-Hussein Correspondence
Estimate value
£ 1 500 – 2 000
The McMahon-Hussein Correspondence
Correspondence between Sir Henry McMahon ... and the Sherif Hussein of Mecca July 1915-March 1916 [with a map]. [Cmd. 5957.] London: HMSO, 1939.
First publication of this famous correspondence. During WWI, Britain managed to commit to three mutually contradictory policies: a) the Sykes-Picot Treaty, whereby Britain renounced its claim to Syria in deference to France; b) the Balfour Declaration of support for a Jewish National Home in Palestine; and c) pledged support for Arab self-determination and self-government via the McMahon-Hussein correspondence. This lot comprises: the McMahon-Hussein correspondence itself; the report of the Maugham committee, set up during the London (or St. James's Palace) Conference of 1939, to determine the nature of this correspondence, giving the British and Arab positions on the promises of independence made to the Arabs during WWI, and of their relevance to Arab rights in Palestine; and thirdly, the rare pamphlet published by the Jewish Agency for Palestine providing evidence for their argument that no claims to Palestine were raised by Arab representatives on the basis of the McMahon correspondence. Khalidi & Khadduri 1533 and 1539 record the first two publications only.

Octavo (244 x 153mm). 18pp., folding colour-printed map. Stapled self-wrappers. [Sold with:] – Report of a Committee set up to consider certain correspondence between Sir Henry McMahon ... and the Sharif of Mecca in 1915 and 1916. [Cmd. 5974.] London: HMSO, 1939. Octavo (244 x 153mm). 51pp. Stapled self-wrappers. [And:] – JEWISH AGENCY FOR PALESTINE. Documents relating to the McMahon Letters. London: March 1939. Octavo (248 x 151mm). 20pp. With colour-printed map on a bifolium with text on final verso 'Arab Territories and Palestine'. Stapled self-wrappers.
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