'Map 1. Map to illustrate the Agreements of 1916 in regard to Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, &c.'

Content

Classified 'Secret'.

Map forms a part of Mss Eur F112/570, ff 24-30.

The original map bears the secondary title 'A Map of Turkey in Asia'. A small paper sheet has been pasted over this and bears a later secondary title 'Map 1. Areas referred to in the Agreements between Great Britain, France, Russia, and Italy.'

Map bears the printed designation 'Map 1'. 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 1918. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights A point on a map at which the height of the land is recorded. and hachures Lines drawn on a map to indicate the direction and steepness of slope. , roads and tracks, railways, submarine telegraph lines, settlements, place names and international boundaries. Various blocks of overprinted colour shading correspond to French, British, Italian, Russian and International spheres of influence, including provision for an independent Arab state within the French and British spheres.

The base map A map portraying background detail. bears the imprint 'London: Edward Stanford, 12, 13 & 14, Long Acre, W.C.' The printer's imprint 'Harrison & Sons, Lith. St. Martins Lane, W.C.' and print code '(155.11/18.6423) F[oreign].O[ffice].238.' have been added later.

Another copy of this map is at Mss Eur F112/570, f 19.

Extent and format

1 map sheet

Area map covers

Map loading...

Scale

Scale approximately 1:6,969,600

Scale designator

Horizontal

Orientation

North

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 44° 3' 41.4" N, 21° 7' 39.72" E
Top-right: 44° 3' 41.4" N, 53° 57' 26.64" E
Bottom-left: 28° 12' 55.44" N, 21° 7' 39.72" E
Bottom-right: 28° 12' 55.44" N, 53° 57' 26.64" E

It is part of

Maps and Associated Documents Relating to the Post-war Realignment of Boundaries in the Former Ottoman Empire

90 images

Ref: Mss Eur F112/570

Physical characteristics

Materials: Printed in colour on paper

Dimensions: 243 x 388mm, on sheet 287 x 449mm

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Map

Access & Reference

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Mss Eur F112/570, f 26

History of this record

Date(s)

1918 (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Related primary sources

An online version of the document which the volume Mss Eur F/112/570, ff 24-30 accompanies can be found at:

• Political Intelligence Department, Foreign Office, Memorandum respecting the Settlement of Turkey and the Arabian Peninsula (1918) - http://filestore.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pdfs/small/cab-24-72-GT-6506-2.pdf [accessed 11 December 2019]

Places

MesopotamiaAsia Minor

People & organisations

Edward Stanford and CoForeign OfficeHarrison and Sons Ltd

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'Map 1. Map to illustrate the Agreements of 1916 in regard to Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, &c.', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F112/570, f 26, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100140102009.0x00001a> [accessed 18 June 2026]

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