Sykes -- Picot Agreement Sykes Picot Agreement Map, an enclosure in Paul Cambon 's letter to Sir Edward Grey, 9 May 1916 Created November 1915 -- March 1916 Presented 23 November 1917 by the Russian Bolshevik government Ratified 16 May 1916 Author (s) Mark Sykes François Georges - Picot Signatories Edward Grey Paul Cambon Purpose Defining proposed spheres of influence and control in the Middle East should the Triple Entente succeed in defeating the Ottoman Empire
who drew the borders in the middle east
Mark Sykes François Georges - Picot