XXX Международный конгресс ИИСАА. 19–21 июня 2019 г. Т. 1

98 XXX Международный Конгресс по источниковедению и историографии стран Азии и Африки Секция II. Источниковедение и историография Арабских стран Historiography and Source Studies of the Arab Countries Nigar Asgarova (Azerbaijan University of Languages, Baku) British Factor in the Beginning of Arabian Revolt against the Ottoman Empire in 1916 The Ottoman Empire — one of the most powerful and strong Empires of the world—spanned six centuries maintaining a control over Muslim lands (Iran, Middle East, North Africa), as well as many regions of Christian Europe. The Ottoman Empire played a protector role for Islamic states against the military interference of Western countries and also paved the way for the thriving of Islam far and wide within the Empire. The first few decades of the 20th century brought both internal tensions and external pressures to the Ottoman Empire. After signing a treaty with Germany (Oct. 1914) the Ottoman Empire entered World War I. There were some reasons which affected the Ottoman Empire’s fateful decision to enter the War. One of them was Ottoman’s objection to and caution of imperial Russian’s regional agenda. But the course of war and some processes occurring inside the Ottoman Empire gradually resulted in the downfall of Ottoman system of centralized governance and its disintegration into a series of distinct nation-states in the Middle East. It is needless to talk much about the interests of Western powers in the Middle East. This region was in the United Kingdom and France scope of interests. The Ottoman Empire’s entry to the WWI after founding the German-Ottoman alliance