Question

6. What do we know about the author of Sir Henry McMahon's Letter to Husain bin Ali? What might

this reveal about the point of view of the author?

Answer 1

Context: Sir Henry McMahon's Letter to Ali ibn Husain was written in 1915. By the British High Commissioner Henry McMahon to Husain bin Ali, the Sherif [Noble] of Mecca. It is one of ten letters between the two through which McMahon attempted to gain Husain's support for the British in World War I.