Asia Minor Agreement

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World War I–era agreement bilateral treaty international agreement secret treaty

The Asia Minor Agreement, better known as the Sykes–Picot Agreement, was a secret 1916 accord between Britain and France (with Russian assent) that divided much of the Ottoman Empire’s Middle Eastern territories into spheres of influence after World War I.

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Label	Occurrences
Asia Minor Agreement canonical	1
Asia Minor Arrangement	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War I–era agreement ⓘ bilateral treaty ⓘ international agreement ⓘ secret treaty ⓘ
affectedEntity	Ottoman Empire ⓘ
affectedRegion	Cilicia ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ Middle East ⓘ Mosul ⓘ surface form: Mosul region Palestine ⓘ Syria ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Asia Minor Agreement ⓘ surface form: Asia Minor Arrangement Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ surface form: Sykes-Picot Agreement Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ
category	Treaties of France ⓘ Treaties of the Russian Empire ⓘ Treaties of the United Kingdom ⓘ
context	World War I ⓘ
createdSphereOfInfluenceFor	France ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
dateSigned	1916-05-16 ⓘ
hasMapColorCode	A zone under French influence ⓘ B zone under British influence ⓘ blue zone for French direct control ⓘ red zone for British direct control ⓘ
impact	contributed to long-term political fragmentation of the Levant and Mesopotamia ⓘ
influenced	British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon ⓘ post–World War I borders in the Middle East ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
leakedBy	Bolshevik government of Russia ⓘ surface form: Bolshevik government
legalStatus	secret agreement at time of conclusion ⓘ
negotiator	François Georges-Picot ⓘ Mark Sykes ⓘ
publicationVenue	Izvestia ⓘ Pravda ⓘ
purpose	to divide Ottoman Empire territories in the Middle East into British and French spheres of influence ⓘ
relatedTo	Balfour Declaration ⓘ Hussein–McMahon Correspondence ⓘ San Remo Conference ⓘ Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ
signatory	France ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
subject	partition of Ottoman Empire provinces in the Middle East ⓘ
supersededBy	San Remo Oil Agreement ⓘ surface form: San Remo oil and mandate arrangements
typeOfDivision	spheres of influence and direct control zones ⓘ
wasSecretUntil	1917 ⓘ
yearSigned	1916 ⓘ

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Sykes–Picot Agreement → fullName → Asia Minor Agreement ⓘ

Asia Minor Agreement → alsoKnownAs → Asia Minor Agreement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asia Minor Arrangement