British Empire in the Middle East

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The British Empire in the Middle East refers to the network of territories, protectorates, and spheres of influence controlled or dominated by Britain in the region—especially during the late 19th and early 20th centuries—through which it secured strategic routes, resources, and political leverage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical geopolitical entity ⓘ
imperial sphere of influence ⓘ
declinedAfter Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

Suez Crisis of 1956 ⓘ
linked to: Suez Crisis
endedWith British withdrawal East of Suez ⓘ
end of British rule in Aden ⓘ
independence of Gulf protectorates ⓘ
followsEvent First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I
governedBy Colonial Office ⓘ
Foreign Office ⓘ
India Office ⓘ
hasEconomicAspect control of trade routes between Europe and Asia ⓘ
oil extraction and transport ⓘ
hasKeyAsset Suez Canal ⓘ
hasMainPeriod Second World War era ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
early Cold War ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
hasMilitaryPresence British Army ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
hasStrategicObjective control of Persian Gulf ⓘ
defence of India ⓘ
protection of oil concessions ⓘ
security of Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
includesTerritory British Aden Protectorate ⓘ
linked to: Aden Protectorate

British Mandate of Iraq ⓘ
British Mandate of Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Mandatory Palestine

British Mandate of Transjordan ⓘ
British control of Cyprus ⓘ
British influence in Oman ⓘ
British influence in Yemen ⓘ
British presence in Persia ⓘ
British protectorate over Bahrain ⓘ
British protectorate over Kuwait ⓘ
British protectorate over Qatar ⓘ
British protectorates in the Trucial States ⓘ
Colony of Aden ⓘ
Egypt under British control ⓘ
Sudan under Anglo-Egyptian condominium ⓘ
involvesCompany Anglo-Persian Oil Company ⓘ
Iraq Petroleum Company ⓘ
Suez Canal Company ⓘ
motivatedBy access to oil resources ⓘ
containment of rival European powers ⓘ
control of imperial communications routes ⓘ
maintenance of global naval supremacy ⓘ
protection of route to India ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
precededBy Ottoman Empire in the Middle East ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Empire
region Middle East ⓘ
relatedTo Arab nationalism ⓘ
Zionist movement ⓘ
linked to: Zionism

creation of the modern state system in the Middle East ⓘ
securedBy Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936 ⓘ
Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1930 ⓘ
Anglo-Kuwaiti agreements ⓘ
mandates granted by League of Nations ⓘ
protectorate treaties with Gulf rulers ⓘ
treaties with Trucial sheikhdoms ⓘ
shapedBy Balfour Declaration ⓘ
Cairo Conference of 1921 ⓘ
San Remo Conference ⓘ
Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

High Commissioner for Egypt → roleIn → British Empire in the Middle East ⓘ
British colonial administration in Cyprus → partOf → British colonial rule in the Mediterranean ⓘ
linked to: British Empire in the Middle East
Beihan → partOf → British sphere of influence in Arabia ⓘ
linked to: British Empire in the Middle East
Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1922 → category → British Empire in the Middle East ⓘ
al-Jaysh al-ʿArabī → associatedWith → British Empire in the Middle East ⓘ
George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd → notableWork → British imperial policy in the Middle East ⓘ
linked to: British Empire in the Middle East
The Lost Patrol (1934 film) → historicalContext → British Empire in the Middle East ⓘ
Glubb Pasha → notableWork → Britain and the Arabs ⓘ
linked to: British Empire in the Middle East