CHT179613 Map of 1910 showing the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916 (coloured engraving) by English School, (20th century); Archives du Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres, Paris, France; (add.info.: a secret agreement concluded in May 1916, during World War 1, between Great Britain and France, with the assent of Russia, for the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire, in particular Iraq, Turkish controlled Syria, Lebanon and palestine, and signed by Sir Mark Sykes (1879-1919) and Francois Georges Picot (1870-1951);); 穢 Archives Charmet; English, out of copyright.