Islamic History Podcast

Part 27 of a series on the partition of the Ottoman Empire mostly focusing on their role in WWI. In this episode, we discuss the end of the war, the peace treaties, and the final partitioning of the Ottoman Empire.

Part 26 of a series on the partition of the Ottoman Empire mostly focusing on their role in WWI. In this episode, we discuss the outbreak of the Spanish Flu, the fall of Damascus, and the implementation of the Sykes-Picot Agreement.

Part 25 of a series on the partition of the Ottoman Empire mostly focusing on the their role in WWI. In this episode, we discuss Enver Pasha's role in Libya, the implementation of the Balfour Declaration in Palestine, and the British attempts to invade Transjordan.

The Ottomans are outnumbered in Palestine as the British have set their sights on Jerusalem.

Part 23 of a series on the partition of the Ottoman Empire mostly focusing on their role in WWI. This episode discusses the British attempts to invade Gaza in mid-1917.

Lloyd George's plan to create a Jewish home in Palestine is backed by growing support for Zionism in Britain.

The history of conflict between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire is long, bloody, and complicated.

Outnumbered and facing starvation, the Germans are getting desperate, and willing to risk bringing the US into the war.

Frustrated with the government's poor war effort, the British public chooses a new leader. And he wants to make the defeat of the Ottomans a priority.

Sharif Hussein is ready to launch his Arab Revolt against the Ottomans.