Southern Asia, 29 Jan 1915: Ottoman Raids in Persia and Sinai
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Political map of South & Southwest Asia on 29 Jan 1915 (The Great War in the Middle East: Ottoman Raids in Persia and Sinai), showing the following events: Ottoman occupation of Tabriz; Japan’s Twenty-One Demands; Battle of Jarrab; Raid on the Suez Canal; Ottoman expedition to Ahvaz.

I n d i a n

E m p i r e(Br. Raj)

R e p u b l i c

o f C h i n a

R u s s i a n

E m p i r e

Dutch
East Indies(Neth.)

French
Indochina(Fr. prot.)

Egypt(Br. prot.)

Afghanistan(Br. prot.)

Malaya(Br. prot.)

Ha'il(Ott. suz.)

Anglo-
Egyptian
Sudan(Br. adm.)

East Africa
Protectorate(Br. prot.)

Br. Som.(Br. prot.)

Muscat
& Oman(Br. garr.)

Aden prot.(Br. Ind. prot.)

Italian
Somalia(It. prot.)

Nepal(Br. prot.)

Bhutan(Br. prot.)

Kuw.(Br. prot.)

Trucial
Oman(Br. prot.)

Yemen(semi-indep)

Andaman

&

Nicobar Is.

Kashmir(Br. Ind. prot.)

Khiva(Rus. prot.)

Bukhara(Rus. prot.)

Hyderabad(Br. Ind. prot.)

Mysore(Br. Ind. prot.)

Baluchistan(Br. Ind. agcy)

Central India(Br. Ind. agcy)

Rajputana(Br. Ind. agcy)

Bihar

&

Orissa

Maldives(Br. prot.)

Anaza(Ott. suz.)

Majerteenia(semi-indep)

Hobyo(semi-indep)

Pondichéry(Fr.)

Br.P.Gulf(Br. Ind.)

12–30 Jan 1915Ottomans briefly
occupy Tabriz

18 Jan 1915Japan presents its
21 Demands to China

24 Jan 1915Ha’il attacks Saudis,
killing their British advisor

26 Jan–4 Feb 1915Ottomans attack
Suez Canal

26 Jan–3 Mar 1915Ottomans threaten
oilfields near Ahvaz

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