Abstract
From 24 October 1915 onwards British policy-makers had come up with ideas concerning an intended political separation of Trans-Jordan from Palestine proper.' It was on this date that Sir Henry McMahon, His Majesty's High Commissioner at Cairo, pledged to recognize the independence of the Arabs in certain areas but excluding those portions of Syria lying to the west of the districts of Damascus, Homs, Hama and Aleppo.2 The Sykes-Picot Agreement which was concluded between Great Britain, France and Russia in May 1916 delineated lines of separation between Trans-Jordan and western Palestine.3 British policymakers were to be recognized as having some credibility in that when they committed Great Britain to the establishment of the Jewish National
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