Muslim Political System During Ottoman Era (2)

Read the statement carefully.

"McMahon (British) - Hussein (Arab leader) Correspondence considered as a prelude for Ottomans collapse

Hussein agreed to support British against Ottomans in WW1

in return Arabs promised to have full authority over Arab Peninsula, Syria including Palestine & Iraq"

is the statement True or False?

• True

• False

What are the secretly agreement made between the British and France to divide the Ottoman's territories?

The following are the British Three Promises during WW1, except..

• Arabs: McMahon & Syarif Hussein (1915-16) for Arab independence & statehood (including Palestine)

• France:  Sykes & Picot secret agreement (1916) to divide Ottoman territories between allied powers

• Balfour Declaration (1917) - promise for Jewish homeland in Palestine

• British actually does not made any promises...

What is the name of "Emir of Mecca" based on the picture above?

Read the statement carefully.

"beneficial to us, because it marches with our immediate aims, the break up of the Islamic 'bloc' and the defeat and disruption of the Ottoman Empire, and because the states [Sharif Hussein] would set up to succeed the Turks would be … harmless to ourselves … The Arabs are even less stable than the Turks. If properly handled they would remain in a state of political mosaic, a tissue of small jealous principalities incapable of cohesion"

Who spoke the statement above?

• Lawrence of Arabia (1888-1935)

• Mustafa Kemal Atarturk

• Shariff Hussein

• Anuar Ibrahim

What Happened in Middle East After Ottomans?

• Egypt, Iraq and Palestine under British Rule

• Syria & Lebanon under France

• Hussein only recognized as ‘King of Hejaz’ & his son Abdullah awarded ‘Transjordan’ @ Jordan

• King Saud allied with Syeikh Muhammad ibn Wahab ousted Hussein family as King of Hejaz

"Middle East Today was the outcome of Sykes (British)-Picot (France) Agreement & post-WW1 treaties (Lausane Treaty) to create ‘new Middle East’ after Ottoman era"

True or False?

• True

• False

The following are the Post-WW1

treaties: The fate of Turkey & Greece.

1. 1. Treaty of Lausanne 1923

2. 2. Treaty of Sevres 1920

True or False?

• True

• False