Tačiau po slapto Jungtinės Karalystės ir Prancūzijos susitarimo, britai ir prancūzai padalijo vidurinius rytus į mandatines teritorijas, o ne į suvienytą arabų valstybę. Britai nesilaikė pažado remti suvienytą nepriklausomą arabų valstybę.
↑Mehmet Bahadir Dördüncü, Mecca-Medina: the Yıldız albums of Sultan Abdülhamid II, Tughra Books, 2006, ISBN1-59784-054-8, page 29. Number refers only to those laying siege to Medina by the time it surrendered and does not account for Arab insurgents elsewhere.
↑Military Intelligence and the Arab Revolt: The first modern intelligence war, Polly a. Mohs, ISBN1-134-19254-1, Routledge, p. 41.
↑Parnell, p. 75: 6,000 prisoners taken by the end of 1916
↑Süleyman Beyoğlu, The end broken point of Turkish-Arabian relations: The evacuation of Medine, Atatürk Atatürk Research Centre Journal (Number 78, Edition: XXVI, November 2010) (Turkish). 8000 Ottoman troops surrendered at the end of the Siege of Medina and were evacuated to Egypt afterwards.