44 Runtuhnya Negara Islam
44 The Destruction of the Islamic State
Setelah Perang Dunia Pertama, ketika gencatan senjata telah diumumkan dan sekutu meraih kemenangan besar, Negara ‘Utsmani dihancurkan dan terpecah menjadi negara-negara kecil. Sekutu merebut seluruh negeri Arab, yaitu Mesir, Suriah, Palestina, Transyordania, dan Irak, dan mencabutnya dari Negara sehingga yang tersisa di tangan ‘Utsmaniyyah hanyalah Turki, itu pun telah diserbu oleh sekutu. Kapal-kapal perang Inggris menguasai Selat Bosporus, dan tentara Inggris menduduki sebagian ibu kota, Istanbul, seluruh benteng Dardanella, serta sebagian besar titik strategis di seluruh Turki.
In the wake of the First World War, after a truce had been declared and once allies had secured their sweeping victory, the ‘Uthmani State was destroyed and fragmented into small statelets. The allies seized all the Arab lands, Egypt, Syria, Palestine, TransJordan and Iraq, stripping them from the State so that all that remained in the hands of the ‘Uthmanis was Turkey, and even she had been invaded by the allies. British warships seized the Bosporus and the British army occupied parts of the capital, Istanbul, all the Dardanelle fortresses, and most of the strategic points throughout the whole of Turkey.