Colonel Sir Tatton Benvenuto Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet (16 March 1879 – 16 February 1919) was an English traveller, Conservative Party politician, and diplomatic advisor, particularly with regard to the Middle East at the time of the First World War.

Jul 28, 2016 · The flag of the Arab Revolt that Sir Mark Sykes designed was to be one of the most influential flags in the history of vexillology, launching the four pan-Arab colours into the world of flag design.

Colonel Sir Tatton Benvenuto Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet, 1879-1919. Sykes is mainly remembered for the Sykes-Picot Agreement, which divided the defeated Ottoman Empire between the British and the French after World War I. Sykes spent most summers in the Ottoman Empire with his father, and by the age of 25, had published four books on his travels ...

Jul 14, 2017 · “ Politics fills me with disgust”, Mark Sykes wrote to his new wife, Edith, in late 1903. “I want air and real work. Give me a native regiment to organise, a rebellion to raise, a map to make . . . and I will do it.” A decade later, the First World War would give him his opportunity.

Sir Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet (born March 16, 1879, London, England—died February 16, 1919, Paris, France) was a diplomat who represented Great Britain in the so-called Sykes-Picot negotiations (1915–16) concerning the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire after World War I.

May 7, 2016 · The agreement took its name from its negotiators, Sir Mark Sykes of Britain and François Georges-Picot of France. The relevant portions of the accord are provided at top right side of the full map attached at the end of the article.

Dec 7, 2018 · Together with his French co-conspirator, François Georges-Picot, Sykes would draft the accord that defined the contours of the post-First World War Arab world amid the ashes of Ottoman rule: a patchwork of new nation states as Anglo-French proxies and a …

Feb 8, 2019 · Redrawing the Middle East: Sir Mark Sykes, Imperialism and the Sykes–Picot Agreement Michael J. Cohen Professor Emeritus of History, Bar-Ilan University Pages 409-412 | Published online: 08 Feb 2019

May 16, 2016 · In fact, virtually none of the Middle East's present-day frontiers were actually delineated in the document concluded on 16 May 1916 by British and French diplomats Mark Sykes and Francois...

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