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British crowned at Bagdad with empire shifting siege
A broad, energetic analysis argues that Britain's capture of Bagdad shifts the Middle East balance, praise for Mecca and Medina emancipation, and that rail links through Mosul to the Persian Gulf threaten German aims in Asia Minor and India. It frames the victory as heralding British and Allied dominance in the region.
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England
Bagdad
Mosul
Palestine
Russia
Asia Minor
Ottoman Empire
Britain
United States
Atlantic Ocean
Charles Townshend
Kut
Haroun-al-Rashid
George
Hindustan
Ecca
Medina
Great Britain
Mecca
Arabia
Hedjaz
Red Sea
Jeddah
France
Meces
Felix
Happy
India
Egypt
Africa
Persia
Central Asia
Maroun-al-Rashid
Murad IV
Mesopotamia
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Suez Canal
el Arish
Euphrates
Tigris
Persian Gulf
Turkey
Percy Sykes
Nicholas Nicholasvitch
Erzéroum
Trebizond
Berlin
Mesopotamian
William
Frederick Maude
Samarra
Urfa
Scutari
Antatia
Bosphorus
Constantinople
Germany
Anstolian and
Euphratee
Mediterranean
London
Stamboul
Abdul Hamid
Padishah
Sublime Porte
Anstellan
Oriental
Europe