Politics

Sykes-Picot Agreement

The secret Anglo-French agreement of May 1916, negotiated by Sir Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot with Russian consent, to divide the Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire into zones of direct control and influence. Revealed by the Bolsheviks in 1917, it came to symbolize imperial double-dealing.

Mentioned in

• Chapter V The Year of Attrition Overview§4 The Ottoman Fronts: Kut, Erzurum and the Arab Revolt
• Chapter VI The Year of Revolutions §9 Peace Moves, the October Revolution and the Armistice in the East§10 Baghdad, Beersheba and Jerusalem
• Chapter VIII The Reckoning and the Remaking §8 Mandates, Sèvres and the Making of Turkey
• Chapter XIII A World on Fire Overview§9 The Middle East Remade by Wartime Promises