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British and French agreement of 1916 on zones in the Ottoman Arab lands; Palestine's brown area was to be under international administration.

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1916

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.

1916

The British government signed Sykes-Picot Agreement.

Sykes-Picot Agreement led to Balfour Declaration.

Sykes-Picot Agreement features Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.

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