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I recently read where Nicholas I suggested to the United Kingdom that since the Ottoman Empire would inevitably collapse, plans should be made to divide it and her holdings.

I know he wanted the Black Sea and Constantinople specifically, but could he have convinced the UK (or by some relations disaster, the OE convinces the UK) to go to war with the OE and then divide her territory between them?

I know that other nations, particularly France would shit a kitten, but what would the British half of what was formerly Turkey look like?

How would 19th century British colonization of the Middle East effect the near and distant future of such a TL? What about a Russia whose capitol would no doubt eventually be Constantinople?
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