Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kutevera kuburitswa kweNovember 1917 Balfour Declaration, yaive tsamba yakanyorwa negurukota rezvekunze kweBritain Arthur James Balfour kuna Baron Rothschild, mutungamiri akapfuma uye akakurumbira munharaunda yeBritish yechiJuda, iyo yakavimbisa imba yenyika yevaJudha muPalestine, uye kuburitswa kwakazotevera kwechakavanzika che1916 Sykes-Picot Chibvumirano umo Britain neFrance vakakurudzira kupatsanura nekutora zvikamu zvenharaunda, Sharif nevamwe vatungamiriri veArab vakafunga kuti zvibvumirano zvakaitwa muMcMahon-Hussein Tsamba yakanga yatyorwa. Hussein akaramba kusimbisa Chibvumirano cheVersailles cha1919 uye achipindura chikumbiro cheBritish cha1921 chekusaina chibvumirano chinogamuchira hurongwa hweMandate akataura kuti aisagona kutarisirwa "kuisa zita rake pachinyorwa chinopa Palestine kune maZionist neSyria kune vekunze". Imwezve nhamburiko yeBritain yekusvika pachibvumirano yakundikana muna 1923-1924 uye nhaurirano dzakamiswa munaKurume 1924; mukati memwedzi mitanhatu maBritish akabvisa rutsigiro rwavo vachida mubatanidzwa wavo wepakati weArabia Ibn Saud, uyo akaenderera mberi ne
kukunda umambo hwaHussein.