Sykes–Picot Agreement

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World War I–era diplomatic agreement international agreement secret treaty

The Sykes–Picot Agreement was a secret 1916 accord between Britain and France, with Russian assent, that planned the post–World War I partition of the Ottoman Empire’s Middle Eastern territories into spheres of influence.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Sykes–Picot Agreement canonical	15
Sykes-Picot Agreement	1
Sykes–Picot Agreement (secret wartime agreement affecting its future division)	1
Sykes–Picot Agreement 1916	1
the Sykes–Picot Agreement	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War I–era diplomatic agreement ⓘ international agreement ⓘ secret treaty ⓘ
appliesTo	Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ Middle East ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
countryAffected	Iraq ⓘ Lebanon ⓘ Palestine ⓘ Syria ⓘ Jordan ⓘ surface form: Transjordan Turkey ⓘ
createdSphereOfInfluenceFor	France ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
dateSigned	1916 ⓘ
fullName	Asia Minor Agreement ⓘ
hasCriticism	accused of ignoring ethnic and sectarian realities ⓘ seen as symbol of Western imperialism in the Middle East ⓘ
historicalImpact	contributed to later Arab disillusionment with Allied promises ⓘ shaped modern borders in the Middle East ⓘ
influenced	League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces ⓘ surface form: League of Nations mandates in the Middle East
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
leakDate	1917 ⓘ
leakedBy	Council of People's Commissars ⓘ surface form: Bolshevik government
legalForm	diplomatic correspondence ⓘ
namedAfter	François Georges-Picot ⓘ Mark Sykes ⓘ
negotiatedBy	François Georges-Picot ⓘ Mark Sykes ⓘ
precedes	San Remo Conference ⓘ
providedFor	international administration of Palestine ⓘ
publicationOutlet	Pravda ⓘ
purpose	division of spheres of influence between Britain and France ⓘ partition of Ottoman Empire territories in the Middle East ⓘ
regionAllocatedToBritain	Iraq ⓘ Jordan Valley ⓘ Persian Gulf hinterland ⓘ
regionAllocatedToFrance	Lebanon ⓘ coastal Syria ⓘ parts of southeastern Turkey ⓘ
relatedTo	Balfour Declaration ⓘ Hussein–McMahon Correspondence ⓘ
signedBy	France ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
signedDuring	World War I ⓘ
status	secret at time of conclusion ⓘ
supportedBy	Russian Empire ⓘ
typeOfDivision	spheres of influence ⓘ

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Subject: Sykes–Picot Agreement
Description of subject: The Sykes–Picot Agreement was a secret 1916 accord between Britain and France, with Russian assent, that planned the post–World War I partition of the Ottoman Empire’s Middle Eastern territories into spheres of influence.

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) → relatedTo → Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ

Ottoman Palestine → borderChange → Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sykes–Picot Agreement (secret wartime agreement affecting its future division)

Treaties of the United Kingdom → hasPart → Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sykes–Picot Agreement 1916

Middle Eastern theatre of World War I → relatedAgreement → Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ

French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon → relatedToAgreement → Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ

League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces → relatedToAgreement → Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ

Arab Revolt → relatedTo → Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ

World War I diplomacy → includesAgreement → Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ

George Antonius → analyzed → Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Sykes–Picot Agreement

The Arab Awakening → examines → Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ

Battle of Maysalun → relatedTo → Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ

Asia Minor Agreement → alsoKnownAs → Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sykes-Picot Agreement

Mark Sykes → notableWork → Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ

Mark Sykes → coNegotiated → Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ

François Georges-Picot → notableFor → Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ

François Georges-Picot → coNegotiated → Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ

Hussein–McMahon Correspondence → relatedTo → Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ

Syria–France relations → shapedBy → Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ