Sir Henry McMahon

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British diplomat colonial administrator human

Sir Henry McMahon was a British colonial administrator and diplomat best known for his role in the McMahon–Hussein Correspondence during World War I, which shaped subsequent Middle Eastern politics.

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Label	Occurrences
Henry McMahon	2
Sir Henry McMahon canonical	1

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British diplomat ⓘ colonial administrator ⓘ human ⓘ
affiliation	British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
areaOfInfluence	Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Hejaz NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfNotability	McMahon–Hussein Correspondence NERFINISHED ⓘ
correspondedWith	Hashemite leadership in the Hejaz ⓘ Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
employer	British government NERFINISHED ⓘ Foreign Office of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	British ⓘ
fieldOfWork	colonial administration ⓘ diplomacy ⓘ
genreOfActivity	imperial diplomacy ⓘ wartime negotiation ⓘ
givenName	Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	central to later disputes over interpretation of British wartime promises to Arabs ⓘ key figure in shaping British–Arab relations during World War I ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle	Knight ⓘ
hasRole	negotiator in British–Arab wartime diplomacy ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Sir ⓘ
influenced	Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ British policy in the Middle East ⓘ post–World War I Middle Eastern borders ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ
notableFor	influence on Middle Eastern politics ⓘ promises made to Sharif Hussein regarding Arab independence ⓘ role in McMahon–Hussein Correspondence ⓘ
notableWork	McMahon–Hussein Correspondence NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	colonial administrator ⓘ diplomat ⓘ
participatedIn	McMahon–Hussein Correspondence NERFINISHED ⓘ World War I ⓘ
positionHeld	British High Commissioner in Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ British representative in negotiations with Sharif Hussein of Mecca ⓘ High Commissioner in Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ

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High Commissioner for Egypt → officeHolder → Sir Henry McMahon ⓘ

Hussein–McMahon Correspondence → participant → Sir Henry McMahon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry McMahon

Hussein–McMahon Correspondence → author → Sir Henry McMahon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry McMahon