On 6 May 1916, Jamal Pasha executed fourteen Syrian notables in Beirut and Damascus and this was catalyst for Sharif Hussein to start the Arab revolt against the Ottoman, and the aim of the revolution (as stated in the Damascus charter and in the correspondence of Hussein McMahon, which was based on the Charter), was removing the obedience of the Ottoman Empire and establishment of an Arab state, or union of Arab states includes the Arabian Peninsula, Najd, Hijaz in particular and Greater Syria except Adana, which was considered within Syria in the Damascus Charter, With respect for Britain's interests in southern Iraq, a geographical area that begins in Baghdad and ends in the Gulf Coast.