document declared that the Arabs would revolt in alliance with Great Britain in return for recognition of Arab independence in an area running from the 37th parallel north on the southern border of Turkey, bounded in the east by Persia and the Persian Gulf, in the west by the Mediterranean Sea and in the south by the Arabian Sea. Meeting at Ta'if Following deliberations at Ta'if between Hussein and his sons in June 1915, during which Faisal counselled caution, Ali argued against rebellion and Abdullah advocated action, the Sharif set a tentative date for armed revolt for June 1916 and commenced negotiations with the British High Commissioner in Egypt, Sir Henry McMahon via the Hussein-McMahon Correspondence. Notes References Fromkin, David (1990). A Peace To End All Peace. Avon Books, New York. Herzog, Jacob David (1975). A People That Dwells Alone: Speeches and Writings of Yaacov Herzog. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Ismael, Tareq Y. (1991). Politics and Government in the Middle East and North Africa. University of Florida Press. Paris, Timothy J. (2003). Britain, the Hashemites and Arab Rule, 1920-1925: The Sherifian Solution. London: Routledge. British Empire 20th-century Islam World War I documents History of Damascus Documents of Mandatory Palestine 1915 in Ottoman Syria 1915 documents 1910s in Islam