Map to Illustrate the Agreements of 1916 in regard to Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, etc.
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A map, marked secret, showing the proposed division of Asia Minor into spheres of influence and protection by the European powers of Great Britain, France, Italy, and Russia. The division is based on agreements reached in 1916 and the end of the First World War. The map shows details of topograp...
Possible Redistribution of Ottoman and Arabian Territory on the Principle of Self-Determination
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A map showing the proposed division of Asia Minor into nation states, including Turkey, Armenia, Kurdistan, Palestine, and a large area labelled 'Arab Countries'. Other smaller entities are shown, indicating debatable territories and possible autonomous regions or principalities, such as Lebanon...
A map showing Asia Minor and the proposed settlement of the Arab countries into distinct territories. The map shows details of topography, major settlements, and political boundaries. Over this are drawn thick black lines that delineate the different territories in question, such as Syria, Irak ...
A map showing parts of the Near and Middle East, including Turkey, Iran, and the Arabian Peninsula. The map gives details of geography, topography, major settlements, and some political boundaries. The Hejaz region of the Arabian Peninsula has been outlined in red, probably to indicate the bound...
A map showing Great Britain's colonial possessions
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A map showing much of Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania, with Great Britain's colonial possessions shaded in pink. The map shows a few related place names. The map features the printing statement 'Stanford's Geographical Establishment, London'.
Map of Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia
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A map showing parts of Turkey, Persia, and Arabia. The map gives details of geography, topography, human settlement, hydrology, railways, and some political boundaries. Over the original map has been drawn two distinct areas, labelled A and B and outlined in blue and red, respectively. These in...
This file contains correspondence, memoranda, maps, manuscript notes, and other papers relating to the political and territorial settlement of parts of the Middle East following the First World War. Many of the papers were collected for the attention of the Middle East Committee (later named the...
Papers written by Curzon on the Near and Middle East
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The file contains correspondence, memoranda, maps, and notes on various subjects connected to the Near and Middle East. The majority of the papers are written by George Curzon himself and concern the settlement of former territories of the Ottoman Empire following its break up after the First Wo...
The file contains correspondence, memoranda, notes, and a map concerning various aspects of the post-First World War settlement of the Near and Middle East. The file covers the discussion around the Sykes-Picot Agreement (also known as the Asia Minor Agreement; see folios 1-3) and the settlement...
‘The Capitulations. What they are, and what effect their abolition will have upon the status of British subjects in Turkey, upon their interests, their liberties and upon British trade generally.’
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A copy of a memorandum, submitted on behalf of the non-official British community in Constantinople [Istanbul], and printed and published by Page & Thomas Limited, London. The capitulations referred to in the volume’s title were grants made by successive Sultans of the Ottoman Empire to othe...
