Southern Asia, 05 Oct 1918: Capture of Damascus
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Political map of South & Southwest Asia on 05 Oct 1918 (The Fall of the Ottoman Empire: Capture of Damascus), showing the following events: Spanish Flu in southern Asia; Ottoman capture of Baku; Battle of Megiddo; Armistice of Salonica; Capture of Damascus; Arab constitutional government.

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

Dutch
East Indies(Neth.)

French
Indochina(Fr. prot.)

Egypt(Br. prot.)

Ural Regional
Government

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.)

Turkestan A.S.R.

Nepal(Br. prot.)

Bhutan(Br. prot.)

Kuw.(Br. prot.)

Trucial
Oman(Br. prot.)

Yemen(semi-indep)

Andaman

&

Nicobar Is.

Kashmir(Br. Ind. 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.)

Mesop.(Br. occ.)

Trans-Caspian(Br. pres.)

Mt.
Rep.(Ott. occ.)

Upper
Asir(Ott. pres.)

Azerb.(Ott. occ.)

Georgia(Ger. prot.)

Majerteenia(semi-indep)

Hobyo(semi-indep)

O.E.T.A.(Br. occ.)

Pondichéry(Fr.)

Br.P.Gulf(Br. Ind.)

Sep 1918–?? 1920Flu pandemic strikes
southern Asia, killing millions

13–15 Sep 1918Ottomans take Baku

19–25 Sep 1918Allies destroy Ottoman
army at Megiddo

29 Sep 1918Bulgaria signs
armistice with Allies

1 Oct 1918Anglo-Arab forces
enter Damascus

5 Oct 1918Arabs establish
government in Syria

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