No the British backed the Hashemites (the plot of Laurence of Arabia;)) the territory was split between the 5 sons of Hussein ibn Ali of which only Jordan currently remains Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria and a few other regions that do not exist today were lost to secterial conflict.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Hashemites" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Hashemites</a>