The sykespicot sazonov agreement, concluded on 16 may 1916, was an agreement between the governments of britain and france and with the consent of the russian empire about dividing the middle east in spheres of influence. This essay claims that the sykes picot agreement cannot be understood strictly as the beginning of a story about territorial division in the middle east, but also as an end of a story of perceived. The sykespicot agreement officially the 1916 asia minor agreement was a secret agreement reached during world war i between the british and french governments pertaining to the partition of the ottoman empire among the allied powers. Sir edward grey to paul cambon, 15 may 1916 i shall have the honour to reply fully in a further note to your excellencys note of the 9th instant. It is accordingly understood between the french and british governments. The colonialist mentality of the european powers has drawn fictitious borders for the creation of puppet states that, far from bringing peace, have disintegrated the cohabitation of the region. The line separating the british and french spheres of interest in the area was first defined in the 1916 sykespicot agreement.
The sykespicot agreement was a secret agreement dated 16 may 1916 between the governments of the united kingdom and france, with the assent of imperial russia, defining their respective spheres of influence in territories of the middle east controlled by the ottoman empire during world war i. Britains military occupied the region during the war, and in 1920 the french army invaded syria. Wwi document archive official papers sykespicot agreement. The sykespicot agreement 1916 jewish virtual library. Though it did not itself determine the modern borders of the middle east, it laid the groundwork for later agreements which did and has thus left a disreputable legacy among the population of the middle east. He had been declared king of the arabs by a handful of religious leaders and other notables in mecca. That haifa shall be a free port as regards the trade of france, her dominions and protectorates, and there shall be no. Comparte en facebook comparte en twitter comparte en whatsapp. There shall be freedom of transit for french goods through haifa and.
Acuerdo sykes picot acuerdo sykespicot oriente medio. On 8 august 1920, during the transjordan interregnum period, the french confirmed to the british that they would respect. That haifa shall be a free port as regards the trade of france, her dominions and protectorates, and there shall be no discrimination in port charges or facilities as regards french shipping and french goods. Sykespicot agreement, secret deal between the triple entente in 1916 for the partition of the ottoman empire.
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