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On June 10, 1916, Grand Sharif Hussein raised his rifle on his balcony in Mecca and fired the first shot of the Arab Revolt.
Hussein's own sons became field commanders and the uprising spread across the Arabian Peninsula.
The Turkish garrison in Mecca fell to the Arabs within weeks, as did the port of Jeddah, with the assistance of the British navy. Several other small towns in the Hejaz quickly fell. But by September the Revolt was losing steam.
The rifles sent by the British were antiquated and the Arabs lacked artillery. The Turks had reorganized themselves and were resisting in Medina while successfully counter-attacking the Hejaz from the north.
The prospects were not looking good for Hussein.
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Hussein's eldest
son, Prince Feisal became the commander of his father's
northern troops.
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