Southern Asia, 11 Mar 1917: Mesopotamian Campaign
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Political map of South & Southwest Asia on 11 Mar 1917 (The Great War in the Middle East: Mesopotamian Campaign), showing the following events: Second Battle of Kut; Recapture of the Sinai Peninsula; Great Persian famine; February Revolution; Fall of Baghdad.

I n d i a n

E m p i r e(Br. Raj)

R u s s i a n

E m p i r e

R e p u b l i c

o f C h i n a

Persia(Br/Rus dom)

Dutch
East Indies(Neth.)

French
Indochina(Fr. prot.)

Egypt(Br. prot.)

South Persia(Br. occ.)

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.)

Mesop.(Br. occ.)

Majerteenia(semi-indep)

Hobyo(semi-indep)

Pondichéry(Fr.)

Br.P.Gulf(Br. Ind.)

14 Dec 1916–24 Feb 1917British recapture Kut

23 Dec 1916–21 Feb 1917British retake Sinai
Peninsula

Mar 1917–?? 1919Famine kills
millions in Persia

8–12 Mar 1917February Revolution
overthrows Russian Tsar

11 Mar 1917British take Baghdad

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