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    "ocrText": "APPENDIX E\nCHRONOLOGY\n1914\n18 December\nBritish Protectorate over Egypt established, ending Turkish suzerainty.\n1915\nBritish signed Treaty of Uqayr with Ibn Saud, recognizing independence\nand territorial integrity of Nejd.\n1915 to 1916\n14 July 1915 to\nHussein-McMahon correspondence on disposition of Arab territories fol-\n30 Jan. 1916\nlowing Arab aid to Allies against Turks.\n1916\n16 May\nSykes-Picot Agreement dividing Arab territories into British and French\nspheres.\n5 June\nBeginning of Arab Revolt against Turks.\n1917\n2 November\nBalfour Declaration by British Government, favoring Jewish National\nHome in Palestine.\n1918\n3 October\nTurkish resistance broken; Damascus occupied by British and Arabs.\nAn independent Arab state in Syria and Transjordan established by\nAmir Feisal with British consent.\n1920\n20 March\nCongress of Arab notables at Damascus offered crown of Syria and Pal-\nestine to Feisal, who accepted; and a similar congress in Baghdad pro-\nclaimed Abdullah Amir of Iraq.\n24 July\nFrench Army entered Damascus after defeating Feisal's forces.\nJuly to October\nIraqi revolt against British domination.\n1921\nMarch to April\nBritish decided to create an hereditary Kingdom of Iraq, offering the\ncrown to Feisal, and the Amirate of Transjordan under Amir Abdullah.\n23 August\nFeisal formerly proclaimed King of Iraq.\n1922\n28 February\nEgypt declared independent by Great Britain; Fuad became first King.\n25 April\nThe League of Nations assigned the mandate for Syria and Lebanon to\nFrance, and Palestine (including Transjordan) and Iraq to the UK.\n1925\nJuly\nOutbreak of revolt against French in Syria which spread widely and\nwas broken only in June 1927.\n1926\n8 January\nIbn Saud proclaimed King of Hejaz after successfully ousting Sharifian\nHashimite family.\n1927\n20 May\nIn Treaty of Jidda British recognized absolute independence of Saudi\nterritories.\n1930\n30 June\nAnglo-Iraqi Treaty, establishing independent status of Iraq, signed, to\ncome into force when Iraq became a member of the League of Nations\nin 1932.\n85"
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