90 0 R ] 27 0 obj /Resources << /Font 1 0 R 531.8486 /Type /Annot >> /Type /Action PDF Sykes Picot Agreement - Saylor Academy endobj /Rect [ 476.128 << /A << /S /URI Hussein bin Ali announced that he intended to establish an Arab state that would extend from Aleppo, in Syria, to Aden in the south, as mentioned in his correspondences with the British Commissioner in Egypt Sir Henry McMahon. /Type /Annot >> 39 0 R << /A << /S /URI 0 ] They later annexed to it the states of Jabal al-Druz and the Alawite. /Border [ 0 0 ] /Border [ 0 41 0 obj /Subtype /Link /Subtype /Link /Type /Action 89 0 R 27 0 obj What were the causes and consequences of the Persian Gulf War? 460.9469 ] 297.3209 145.4289 Egypt and Iraq signed treaties with Britain that practically prevented them from getting their independence, until the two monarchies were overthrown respectively in 1952 and 1958. stream 79 0 R 100 0 R << /A << /S /URI The doddering Ottoman Empire had been . << /A << /S /URI Why did President Bush get involved in the Persian Gulf War? 0 ] /URI (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Haifa) >> /Type /Annot >> 7 0 R /Type /Action /Type /Page >> /Rect [ 218.3254 455.6049 0 ] /Type /Annot >> In the Sykes-Picot agreement, concluded on May 19, 1916, France and Britain divided up the Arab territories of the former Ottoman Empire into spheres of influence. << /A << /S /URI The latter was defeated in 1925 and headed to India. % 'toUnicodeCMap:AAAAAA+FreeSerif': class PDFStream /Type /Action It was then that the political regimes and the regions maps began to transform. 0 ] 56 0 obj 93 0 obj /Subtype /Link /URI (http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Sykes-Picot_Agreement) >> /URI (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cairo) >> The outbreak of the war had proved the strategic significance of oil. /Rect [ 430.3607 Why was the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire? 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The secret treaty, known as the Sykes-Picot Agreement, was. % 'Annot.NUMBER77': class PDFDictionary endobj 13 0 obj 91.57291 568.9469 ] /ImageI ] >> /Rect [ 62.69291 751.9469 ] % 'Annot.NUMBER57': class PDFDictionary "It's not just me that's saying it, the fact is that Sykes-Picot has failed, it's over," said the president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani, in a BBC interview. 0 0 349.0469 ] 364.0469 ] /Type /Action % 'Annot.NUMBER4': class PDFDictionary /Type /Annot >> 7 0 obj % 'Annot.NUMBER80': class PDFDictionary /Border [ 0 494.7969 429.989 /Subtype /Link 0 /URI (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=France) >> 0 496.4827 endobj /Width 677 >> /Parent 142 0 R << /A << /S /URI /Border [ 0 Why did the Meccan oligarchy oppose Muhammad's message? /Subtype /Link /URI (http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/FRUS/FRUS-idx?type=turn&entity=FRUS.FRUS1919Parisv05.p0011&id=FRUS.FRUS1919Parisv05&isize=M) >> % Page dictionary Get the latest History stories in your inbox? 3. 155.4519 << /A << /S /URI /Border [ 0 But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! /URI (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kamal_Abu_Jaber) >> endobj 0 /URI (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mark_Sykes) >> 98.79685 /URI (http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Anglo-French_Declaration) >> 0 /Subtype /Link 129.9329 % 'Annot.NUMBER55': class PDFDictionary 272.9469 ] endobj 460.9469 /Type /Annot >> 0 ] /Border [ 0 0 But whether or not the Iraqi Kurds achieve full formal independence in the near future, they have already established an entity with borders, a flag, international airports, a parliament and government, and its own security forces - everything except a passport and their own currency. << /A << /S /URI /Border [ 0 280.3328 /Type /Annot >> 0 ] << /A << /S /URI /Type /Annot >> 0 556.9469 ] 0 ] /Subtype /Link /Type /Annot >> /Border [ 0 /Type /Annot >> 0 << /Annots [ 34 0 R /URI (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Times) >> 13 0 R 0 541.9469 ] 72 0 R << /A << /S /URI << /A << /S /URI endobj 0 << /A << /S /URI /Type /Action 18 0 obj /Subtype /Link /URI (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imperial_Russia) >> /Type /Action 83 0 obj 54 0 obj /Type /Annot >> 176.2884 0 ] Changing the day will navigate the page to that given day in history. /Type /Action 364.0469 ] << /A << /S /URI /Subtype /Link << /A << /S /URI /Type /Action /Rect [ 74.69291 The Sykes-Picot agreement and its lasting implications "We have passed through bitter experiences since the formation of the Iraqi state after World War One. /Subtype /Link 66 0 obj endobj /Type /Page >> /Parent 142 0 R % 'Annot.NUMBER68': class PDFDictionary /Type /Action % 'Annot.NUMBER25': class PDFDictionary /Text Under threat from IS, they are more dependent than ever on Western powers which are also strongly counselling them to stick with Iraq. << /A << /S /URI 385.9469 endobj /Rect [ 449.9002 17 0 R % 'Annot.NUMBER14': class PDFDictionary 0 endobj /Type /Annot >> << /A << /S /URI << /A << /S /URI << /A << /S /URI << /A << /S /URI 319.0469 /Subtype /Link << /A << /S /URI /Rect [ 78.0879 /Type /Action 0 ] In the 1960s and 1970s, Britain began to pull out of the Arabian Peninsula. 735.7969 /URI (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Western_Asia) >> Why was Musharraf criticized for Benazir Bhutto's assassination? /URI (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mediterranean) >> /Rect [ 423.3477 If that did not produce results, he said, the Kurds should go ahead unilaterally with a referendum on independence. /Rect [ 74.69291 << /A << /S /URI << /A << /S /URI 103 0 obj 349.0469 endobj % 'Page7': class PDFPage In April 1920, however, the Allied powers agreed to divide governance of the region into separate Class A mandates at the Conference of San Remo, along lines similar to those agreed upon under the Sykes-Picot Agreement. 98.79685 ] 2023 BBC. x{y|3#u/dIZwkx8v,8Nb;B $PJ,J|)Ky:P }P@KKy{5^H?g{4.s{F1h 784.9469 ] /Contents 147 0 R /Resources << /Font 1 0 R The fourth entity comprised the Syrian Desert. Is climate change killing Australian wine? 334.0469 0 ] How the Curse of Sykes-Picot Still Haunts the Middle East 694.9469 /Text /Border [ 0 104.0529 /Subtype /Link /Type /Annot >> /Type /Action 0 531.5174 /URI (http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/FRUS/FRUS-idx?type=goto&id=FRUS.FRUS1919Parisv05&isize=M&submit=Go+to+page&page=6) >> 97 0 R /Border [ 0 /Type /Action /Type /Action << /A << /S /URI 51 0 R 508.9469 /Border [ 0 0 /Rect [ 149.6284 % 'Page4': class PDFPage << /A << /S /URI 334.0469 ] 0 Even though the borders of the mandates were not determined until several years after the Sykes-Picot Agreement, the fact that the deal set the framework for these borders stoked lingering resentment well into the 21st century. << /A << /S /URI 723.7969 ] Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. /Rect [ 466.7974 % 'Annot.NUMBER78': class PDFDictionary /Type /Annot >> 0 460.9469 << /Annots [ 92 0 R 86 0 R << /A << /S /URI 134.7969 ] /Border [ 0 /Border [ 0 0 ] endobj /URI (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Balfour_Declaration%2C_1917) >> 52 0 R /URI (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Faisal_I_of_Iraq) >> 209.9469 0 ] /Border [ 0 841.8898 ] 712.9469 ] 88 0 obj 0 ] The British commitment was endorsed in 1920 as Herbert Samuel, a British Jewish Zionist, arrived in Palestine as Britains first high commissioner to the country. /Subtype /Link endobj Greece was allocated control of Turkeys western coasts. /Border [ 0 212.9469 12 0 R /Resources << /Font 1 0 R To that extent, they have already redrawn the map. 484.1069 /Border [ 0 459.8629 /Subtype /Link /Subtype /Link endobj /Border [ 0 114.1214 14 0 R 0 Why did Israel blockade Gaza? 0 ] 171.8846 0 ] 0 ] /Type /Annot >> /Type /Annot >> 445.9469 ] /Rect [ 74.69291 374.7643 This coincided with the Sharif of Meccas declaration on June 1, 1916, to rise up against the empire. The Sykes-Picot agreement split up the Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire after World War I. 49 0 obj /Type /Annot >> 227.9469 ] They are making it a breeding place for future war.". /Type /Annot >> % 'Annot.NUMBER42': class PDFDictionary % 'Page2': class PDFPage /Type /Annot >> 0 /Type /Annot >> % 'Annot.NUMBER94': class PDFDictionary 272.9469 245.7089 % 'Annot.NUMBER64': class PDFDictionary 518.1427 /Type /Action /URI (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fran%C3%A7ois_Georges-Picot) >> /URI (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Turkey) >> /Border [ 0 0 ] /Type /Annot >> 595.2756 735.7969 215.5189 92 0 obj 0 747.7969 Its main concern was to prevent the Germans, key contributors to the Turkish Petroleum Company, from reaching oil fields that were known to exist in Iraqs Kirkuk region. << /A << /S /URI 712.9469 ] endobj 106 0 obj 349.0469 /URI (http://domino.un.org/unispal.nsf/3d14c9e5cdaa296d85256cbf005aa3eb/4c4f7515dc39195185256cf7006f878c!OpenDocument) >> Picot was a French lawyer and diplomat who led a long but obscure life, mainly in backwater posts, until his death, in 1950. 771.7969 endobj /Subtype /Link The resulting order inherited by the Middle East of the day sees a variety of states whose borders were generally drawn with little regard for ethnic, tribal, religious or linguistic considerations. 0 ] /Type /Annot >> % 'Annot.NUMBER88': class PDFDictionary << /A << /S /URI 84 0 obj /Type /Annot >> 23 0 R 747.7969 % 'Annot.NUMBER59': class PDFDictionary /URI (http://books.google.com/books?id=GhSge_Tq09sC&pg=PA7&dq=&lr=&as_brr=3&as_pt=ALLTYPES&ei=Zw1GSY3JBpXyNty-kCw&client=#PPA6,M1) >> endobj /Border [ 0 /Subtype /Link 30 0 obj /Subtype /Link /Subtype /Link In return, Russia would agree to British claims on other areas of the former Ottoman Empire and central Persia, including the oil-rich region of Mesopotamia. /Rect [ 76.82091 This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/event/Sykes-Picot-Agreement, Jewish Virtual Library - Pre-State Israel: The Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916), Yale Law School - Lillian Goldman Law Library - Avalon Project - The Sykes-Picot Agreement : 1916, 914-1918-online. /Type /Action /Subtype /Link % 'Annot.NUMBER14': class PDFDictionary % 'Annot.NUMBER95': class PDFDictionary | /F4+0 120 0 R 96 0 R 102 0 obj 44 0 R VideoOn board the worlds last surviving turntable ferry, I didnt think make-up was made for black girls, Why there is serious money in kitchen fumes. /Type /Annot >> 100 0 obj 334.0469 ] /Rect [ 436.5429 82 0 obj % 'Annot.NUMBER60': class PDFDictionary 19 0 R 9 0 R /Rect [ 74.69291 /Trans << >> 50 0 obj /Type /Action /Type /Annot >> 325.0234 735.7969 ] /Type /Action endobj /Type /Action A century on, the Middle East continues to bear the consequences of the treaty, and many Arabs across the region continue to blame the subsequent violence in the Middle East, from the occupation of Palestine to the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), on the Sykes-Picot treaty. Why is the Balfour Declaration controversial? - Study.com He never got to see how the maps he drew materialised on the ground and changed the face of the Middle East for years to come. /Subtype /Link /ColorSpace /DeviceRGB endobj 75 0 R /URI (http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Anglo-French_Declaration) >> << /A << /S /URI /Type /Action /Rect [ 465.2477 0 ] 210.5652 0 /Type /Action endobj /Type /Action /Type /Annot >> All Rights Reserved. 89 0 obj 307.2486 /Type /Action 841.8898 ] 234.4254 /Rect [ 62.69291 /Type /Annot >> /Type /Annot >> Bush intervene in Somalia? 46 0 obj 523.9469 ] << /A << /S /URI The entity served as a British intelligence bureau in Egypt and was tasked with controlling the political activities in the Near East. % Page dictionary 386.0429 /Type /Page >> 0 Thus the Great Arab Revolt was launched on June 5, 1915. % 'Annot.NUMBER50': class PDFDictionary Put Quizlet study sets to work when you prepare for tests in Sykes Picot Agreement and other concepts today. /Rect [ 333.2369 endobj /Type /Action << /A << /S /URI << /A << /S /URI /Rect [ 62.69291 355.624 % 'Annot.NUMBER4': class PDFDictionary /Type /Page >> 0 ] /URI (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arab_Revolt) >> 0 /Trans << >> 674.9469 ] /Type /Annot >> 56 0 R /Rect [ 386.3622 /ProcSet [ /PDF 0 104.0529 /Rect [ 436.5429 ;jv{&=F>E?.969}y Negotiations were begun in November 1915, and the final agreement took its name from the chief negotiators from Britain and France, Sir Mark Sykes and Franois Georges-Picot. stream /Type /Annot >> President Barzani said the drive for independence was very serious, and that preparations were going ahead "full steam". /Border [ 0 /Subtype /Link 0 66 0 R 711.7969 endobj 1. endobj 841.8898 ] endobj /Type /Annot >> Sudan fell under British control in 1899. 769.9469 0 /Border [ 0 /ProcSet [ /PDF 66 0 obj /Trans << >> /Rect [ 62.69291 << /A << /S /URI /URI (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Balfour_Declaration_of_1917) >> 36 0 R 52 0 obj 298.1651 It extended anteriorly to the inside of Anatolia. /Rect [ 221.5508 0 ] 0 ] 723.7969 /Subtype /Link 0 ] 0 ] /Type /Action 0 % 'Annot.NUMBER78': class PDFDictionary /Type /Action stream 53 0 obj /Text 72 0 obj 547.9469 0 /URI (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Turkey) >> << /A << /S /URI Sykes-Picot became a rallying cry against imperialism and the seemingly arbitrary duplicity of the British Empire. 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