The Sykes-Picot Agreement

Constantinople
Biga
Bursa
45°
Akhisar
Manisa
Usak
Alasehir
Aydin
Nazilli
Kiz
Eskisehir
Sivrihisar
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Amaysa
Tokat
Ankara
U
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K
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Gumusane
Kilk
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Yerevan
Erzincan
Siyas
Y
Aksaray
Konya
Karaman
Adana
Antalya
Malatya
yan
Mosul
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Homs
Beirut
Habbaniyah
PALESTINE
Tel-Aviv
EGYPT
El Giza
P E R S I A
Port Said Gaza
Tanta
Zagazig
Karbala
Amman
Jerusalem
TRANS-JORDAN
Beersheba
Kermanshah
Borujerd
Khorramabad
Baghdad
Al Hillah
Dezful
Shushtar
An Najaf
Ahvaz
Abu Dhabi
Basra
Bandar-e
Abadan
Sharpur
Cairo
Sakakah
Al Jawf
Sykes-Picot Plan for
Palestine
35°
Hamadan
I R A Q
Damascus
Haifa
Alexandria
Damanhur
Qazvin
Kirkuk
ris
Mediter ranean
Sea
Rasht
el O
uz
an
Tig
Tripoli
z
Qe
Hama
Limmasol
Mardin
tes
hra
CYPRUS
Hakkari
Aleppo
S Y R I A
Caspian
Sea
Tabriz
Diyarbakir
Urfa
Gaziantep
Latakia
Nicosia
40°
Khvov
Bitlis
Adiyaman
Maras
Alexandretta
Antakya
to Italy
Baku
ur
a
Erzurum
ARMENIA
Kayseri
Mendares
Rhodes
il Ir
50°
Tbilisi
K
Izmir
40°
Izmit
Sa
Gallipoli
35°
30°
30°
K U WA I T
Kuwait
JEBEL SHAMMAR
Pe
May 1916
ia
French rule
rs
Tabuk
n
lf
HE
JA
Z
Unayzah
a
12000
6000
3000
1500
600
0m
Al Qatif
Dhahran
Buraydah
e
Arab State to be under
British protection
Ha’il
S
British rule, including Haifa
enclave
Al Wajh
d
Area to be under British,
French and Russian
protection
e
Arab State, to be under
French protection
R
Italian rule
Gu
Tayma’
Russian rule
N E J D
Yanbu’al Bahr
0
Al Hufuf
25°
Medina
0
N
150 km
150 miles
Riyadh
Wadi S
ahb
a
Tropic of Cancer