Southern Asia, 05 Jan 1916: Siege of Kut
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Political map of South & Southwest Asia on 05 Jan 1916 (The Great War in the Middle East: Siege of Kut), showing the following events: Provisional Government of India; Evacuation of Gallipoli; Siege of Kut; Hongxian Emperor; Treaty of Darin; McMahon-Hussein Agreement.

I n d i a n

E m p i r e(Br. Raj)

E m p i r e

o f C h i n a

R u s s i a n

E m p i r e

Persia(Br/Rus dom)

Dutch
East Indies(Neth.)

French
Indochina(Fr. prot.)

Egypt(Br. prot.)

Gendarmerie
& Tribal Forces

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.)

National
Protection
Army

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.)

1 Dec 1915Provisional Government
of India declared in Kabul

7 Dec 1915–9 Jan 1916Allies evacuate Dardenelles

7 Dec 1915–29 Apr 1916Ottomans trap
British forces at Kut

12 Dec 1915Yuan Shikai declares
himself Emperor

26 Dec 1915Anglo-Saudi
treaty signed

Jan 1916Sharif of Mecca secretly
allies with Britain

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