<P> The League of Nations mandate granted French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon and British Mandate for Mesopotamia ( later Iraq ) and British Mandate for Palestine , later divided into Mandatory Palestine and Emirate of Transjordan ( 1921 -- 1946 ) . The Ottoman Empire 's possessions in the Arabian Peninsula became the Kingdom of Hejaz , which was annexed by the Sultanate of Nejd ( today Saudi Arabia ) , and the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen . The Empire 's possessions on the western shores of the Persian Gulf were variously annexed by Saudi Arabia ( Alahsa and Qatif ) , or remained British protectorates ( Kuwait , Bahrain , and Qatar ) and became the Arab States of the Persian Gulf . </P>
<P> The League of Nations mandate granted French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon and British Mandate for Mesopotamia ( later Iraq ) and British Mandate for Palestine , later divided into Mandatory Palestine and Emirate of Transjordan ( 1921 -- 1946 ) . The Ottoman Empire 's possessions in the Arabian Peninsula became the Kingdom of Hejaz , which was annexed by the Sultanate of Nejd ( today Saudi Arabia ) , and the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen . The Empire 's possessions on the western shores of the Persian Gulf were variously annexed by Saudi Arabia ( Alahsa and Qatif ) , or remained British protectorates ( Kuwait , Bahrain , and Qatar ) and became the Arab States of the Persian Gulf . </P>
3 . which two allied powers were offered lands in the middle east after the war by britain
3 . which two allied powers were offered lands in the middle east after the war by britain
French British
French British