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Sykes-Picot Agreement
British and French agreement of 1916 on zones in the Ottoman Arab lands; Palestine's brown area was to be under international administration.
- Dates
- 1916
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signed by
- British government 1916 Primary record 1
led to
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Balfour Declaration
Primary record
1
The agreement's "brown area" was to be international; the Balfour letter came a year later. The link is one of sequence.
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Balfour Declaration
Primary record
1
The same agreement gave Britain the ports of Haifa and Acre.
features
- Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca the agreement says the Sharif's representatives were to be consulted Primary record 1
Timeline 2 dates
- 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement
- 1916 British government signed Sykes-Picot Agreement
Proof 1 source
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The Sykes-Picot Agreement, 1916, The Avalon Project, Yale Law School, 1916.
Primary record
It is accordingly understood between the French and British governments
in the brown area there shall be established an international administration, the form of which is to be decided upon after consultation with Russia, and subsequently in consultation with the other allies, and the representatives of the Shereef of Mecca.
That Great Britain be accorded (1) the ports of Haifa and Acre
representatives of the Shereef of Mecca.
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