The map shows Mesopotamia [Iraq], and part of western Persia [Iran] east of the Turco-Persian boundary, with the boundary being indicated by a dashed and dotted line. It shows different ethnic groups occupying different parts of Mesopotamia: Arabs in pink; Kurds (including Yezidis) in yellow; an...
The map shows Mesopotamia [Iraq], and part of Western Persia [Iran] East of the Turco-Persian boundary, with the boundary being indicated by a dashed and dotted line. Ottoman administrative divisions in the form of vilayets [provinces] and sanjaks [districts] are also indicated, as are Headquart...
‘MAP TO ILLUSTRATE THE AGREEMENTS OF 1916 IN REGARD TO ASIA MINOR, MESOPOTAMIA, & c.’
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Classified 'SECRET'. The map bears a secondary title 'A MAP OF TURKEY IN ASIA'. It shows the Asian territories of the Ottoman Empire outside of the Arabian Peninsula, including Asia Minor [Anatolia] and Mesopotamia [Iraq]. Depicts a proposed division of the Ottoman Empire into spheres of infl...
