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François Marie Denis Georges-Picot (21 December 1870 – 20 June 1951) was a French diplomat and lawyer who negotiated the Sykes–Picot Agreement with the British diplomat Sir Mark Sykes between November 1915 and March 1916 before its signing on May 16, 1916.
Nov 16, 2015 · The secret treaty, known as the Sykes–Picot Agreement, was named after its lead negotiators, the aristocrats Sir Mark Sykes of England and François Georges-Picot of France.
Sykes-Picot Agreement, (May 1916), secret convention made during World War I between Great Britain and France, with the assent of imperial Russia, for the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire. The agreement led to the division of Turkish-held Syria , Iraq , Lebanon , and Palestine into various French- and British-administered areas.
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The primary negotiations leading to the agreement took place between 23 November 1915 and 3 January 1916, on which date the British and French diplomats, Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot, initialled an agreed memorandum.
May 12, 2016 · It was the result of secret deliberations between the British civil servant Mark Sykes and French diplomat François Georges-Picot. It was made official by the Allied Powers of the first world...
The May 1916 agreement negotiated by Sir Mark Sykes (1879-1919) and François Georges-Picot (1870-1951) painted the Fertile Crescent in shades of Red (for Great Britain’s sphere of influence) and blue (the French sphere).
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Apr 30, 2016 · Photograph by Haydar Hadi / Anadolu Agency / Getty. In the Middle East, few men are pilloried these days as much as Sir Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot. Sykes, a British diplomat,...
