sykes-picot agreement

  1. Is a Greater Syria possible after WWI?

    During the immediate aftermath of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire at the end of WWI, the Syrian National Congress proclaimed Faisal (a member of the Hashemite dynasty) king of a Syria whose territory was supposed to encompass what is now Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Israel. This...
  2. Original Entente Plans for Middle East

    From what I've read, the Sykes-Picot agreement really wasn't at all like the ultimate outcome in the Middle East post-WWI. The basic spheres of influence largely aligned (with some exceptions, ie. France getting Mosul) but at this point there were no plans regarding mandates and establishing...
  3. What If King Faisal Of Syria Dies Instead Of Being Just "Ejected" From Syria? Or What If He Lives Longer?

    As the titles say, what would happen in the case of this two possible events?
  4. Did the Arab Kingdom of Syria ever have a chance to control all the lands it claimed?

    Like it says on the tin. Could Faisal's kingdom of Syria ever have a clear shot at controlling all the lands it desired to, which stretched from modern day Syria all the way to Palestine and Jordan? Or would the European powers prevent that from happening? Would preventing or scrapping the...
  5. AHC: Biji Kurdistan!

    How could a Kurdish state form in the Middle East as a result of British and French decolonization? How would its formation change Mashriqi politics? PoD any date after the Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916)
  6. Sand and Steel: The Story of the Modern Middle East (TL)
    Threadmarks: The Carlton Hotel

    (Preface: I am new to the forum, and I thought it would be fun to join because I've recently been becoming a major alternate history nerd. I love the idea of world-building, and especially building a world based off of an alternate timeline of our own. I've been coming up with this timeline for...
  7. What if the Sykes–Picot Agreement goes into effect?

    Hello, and good morning. Before I begin, I apologise if this has been discussed before, I have horrible researching skills so I decided to ask. I became interested in the Syles-Picot agreement. And was wondering, what would the effects be like if first, Ataturk did not rise up and commence the...
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