'A Map of Turkey in Asia'. Proposed division of Ottoman Empire after the First World War

Mss Eur F112/570, f 9

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The record is made up of 1 map sheet. It was created in 1918?. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Classified 'Secret'.

Depicts a proposed division of the Ottoman Empire into spheres of influence and protection by the Allied powers. The division is based on agreements reached between 1916 and the end of the First World War. Portrays hydrology, settlements and place names. Various blocks of overprinted colour shading correspond to French, British, Italian and International spheres of influence, including provision for an independent Arab state within the French and British spheres.

Extent and format
1 map sheet
Area map covers
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Scale
Scale approximately 1:6,969,600
Scale designator
Horizontal
Orientation
North
Degree coordinates
Top-left: 40° 47' 60" N, 22° 0' 0" E
Top-right: 40° 47' 60" N, 53° 4' 36.84" E
Bottom-left: 28° 18' 10.8" N, 22° 0' 0" E
Bottom-right: 28° 18' 10.8" N, 53° 4' 36.84" E
Physical characteristics

Materials: Printed in colour

Dimensions: 230 x 376mm, on sheet 281 x 416mm

Written in
English in Latin script
Type
Map

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Original held at
British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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Unrestricted

Archive reference
Mss Eur F112/570, f 9

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1918? (CE, Gregorian)

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'A Map of Turkey in Asia'. Proposed division of Ottoman Empire after the First World War, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F112/570, f 9, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100140102009.0x00000f> [accessed 22 June 2026]

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