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Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824

The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824, or Treaty of London, signed in London on 17 March 1824, divided the Malay Archipelago into British and Dutch spheres of influence.

Anglo-Egba Treaty of Protection

The Anglo-Egba Treaty of Protection is an 1893 treaty between Britain and the Egba chiefs of Abeokuta recognizing Egba independence, which Britain terminated in 1914.

Anglo-Egyptian Condominium

The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium (إدارة الحكم الثنائي في السودان) was the joint British-Egyptian government of the Sudan, established in 1899 and ended by Sudanese independence in 1956.

Anglo-Egyptian Condominium Agreement of 1899

The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium Agreement of 1899 was the treaty signed in Cairo by Lord Cromer and Boutros Ghali establishing joint Anglo-Egyptian rule of the Sudan.

Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of the Sudan

The Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of the Sudan was a military campaign from March 1896 to December 1898, in which an Anglo-Egyptian army under Kitchener won the decisive Battle of Omdurman.

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (السودان الأنجليزي المصري)

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (السودان الأنجليزي المصري), the 1899–1956 condominium south of the 22nd parallel jointly administered by Britain and Egypt under a British-nominated Governor-General, with Egyptian subvention, Gezira cotton, indirect rule, and independence on 1 January 1956.

Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936

The Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936 (معاهدة ١٩٣٦) was a twenty-year military alliance between Britain and Egypt, signed in London in August 1936 and keeping British forces in the Suez Canal Zone.

Anglo-Egyptian War

The Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882, also called the Egyptian Expedition or British-Egyptian War, was Britain's conflict with Ahmed 'Urabi's Egyptian army, ending in the British occupation of Egypt.

Anglo-Ethiopian Slave Trade Convention

The Anglo-Ethiopian Slave Trade Convention refers to the anti-slavery undertakings Ethiopia gave Britain and the League of Nations, anchored in the condition attached to its 1923 League admission.

Anglo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1897

Anglo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1897 (14 May 1897), Rodd-Makonnen treaty of amity and commerce with Menelik II; fixed the Ethiopia-British Somaliland frontier, recognized Ethiopian rule over the Ogaden and Haud, and shaped the Somali-Ethiopian dispute.

Anglo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1902

The Anglo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1902, signed at Addis Ababa on 15 May by Emperor Menelik II and Britain, fixed the Sudan-Ethiopia frontier and restricted works on the Blue Nile, Lake Tana, and the Sobat.

Anglo-French Declaration of 1896

The Anglo-French Declaration of 1896, signed in London by Lord Salisbury and M. de Courcel, pledged Britain and France not to advance armed forces into central Siam without the other's consent.

Anglo-French treaties and truces, 1259–1303

The Anglo-French treaties and truces of 1259–1303 governed England's vassalage of Gascony, from the Treaty of Paris of 1259 to the Treaty of Paris of 1303.

Anglo-French War (1778–1783)

Anglo-French War (1778–1783), or Bourbon War: the Anglo-French conflict arising from France's 1778 Treaty of Alliance with the United States, a global naval war fought in the Channel, Mediterranean, Caribbean, and India, ending in the 1783 Peace of Paris.

Anglo-French Wars

Anglo-French Wars: recurring conflicts between England/Britain and France, chiefly the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453) over Gascony and the French crown, ending at Castillon, plus the Second Hundred Years' War to Waterloo.

Anglo-Frisian languages

Anglo-Frisian languages: putative West Germanic subgroup of the Anglic languages (English, Scots) and Frisian, marked by Anglo-Frisian brightening and velar palatalization, with debated common-ancestor versus dialect-continuum origins.

Anglo-German Naval Agreement

Anglo-German Naval Agreement (deutsch-britisches Flottenabkommen), bilateral treaty signed in London June 18, 1935 by Hoare and Ribbentrop, fixing the German navy at 35% of British Commonwealth strength, submarines up to 45% without notice, replacing Versailles naval limits.

Anglo-German naval arms race

Anglo-German naval arms race: pre-1914 battleship competition between the Royal Navy and Tirpitz's High Seas Fleet, begun by Germany's 1898 and 1900 Navy Laws and the risk theory, intensified by HMS Dreadnought in 1906, and effectively lost by Germany by 1912 under British financial pressure.

Anglo-Indian novel

The Anglo-Indian novel is fiction in English by British authors about India and Anglo-Indian life, developing from the late eighteenth century to 1947, with Rudyard Kipling and E. M. Forster as central authors.

Anglo-Indian people

Anglo-Indian people: mixed European-paternal, Indian-maternal community in India, formerly called Eurasians (renamed 1911); defined by Article 366(2), reserved Lok Sabha seats 1952–2020, large post-1947 diaspora.

Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Lok Sabha

Two Lok Sabha seats reserved for the Anglo-Indian community, filled by presidential nomination under Article 331 from 1952 to 2020, abolished by the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019.

Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1922

The Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1922 (معاهدة التحالف العراقية البريطانية 1922) was an alliance between Britain and King Faisal I's Iraq, signed at Baghdad on 10 October 1922.

Anglo-Iraqi War

The Anglo-Iraqi War, also called the Rashid Ali Revolt or Revolution of 1941, was the April–May 1941 British-led invasion of Iraq after Rashid Ali al-Kaylani's pro-Axis coup, ending in British occupation and the Farhud pogrom.

Anglo-Irish Treaty

The Anglo-Irish Treaty, formally the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland, signed 6 December 1921, ended the Irish War of Independence, created the Irish Free State as a Dominion, and triggered the Irish Civil War.

Anglo-Japanese Alliance (日英同盟)

The Anglo-Japanese Alliance (日英同盟), signed 30 January 1902, bound Britain and Japan to neutrality or joint war in East Asia; renewed 1905 and 1911, replaced by the Four-Power Treaty and terminated 1923.

Anglo-Japanese Convention of Nagasaki

The Anglo-Japanese Convention of Nagasaki (日英和親条約) was a treaty signed at Nagasaki on 14 October 1854 by Admiral James Stirling and Japanese officials, opening Nagasaki and Hakodate to British ships.

Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation

The Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation (日英通商航海条約) was signed in London in 1894, ending British extraterritoriality in Japan from 1899 and superseded in 1911.

Anglo-Kuwaiti Agreement of 1899

The Anglo-Kuwaiti Agreement of 1899 (اتفاقية الكويت البريطانية 1899) was a secret agreement between Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah of Kuwait and Britain, establishing a de facto British protectorate.

Anglo-Manipur War

The Anglo-Manipur War, or Khongjom Lan, was the 1891 war between British India and the princely state of Manipur, decided at the Battle of Khongjom.

Anglo-Merina Treaty of 1817

The Anglo-Merina Treaty of 1817 was an agreement between Britain and Radama I of Madagascar, signed at Tamatave, ending the slave trade for British military support.