With Germany in the middle of a revolution, the Greater Habsburg Empire collapsing, Italy undergoing its own unrest and Ataturk's republican forces triumphant in Turkey, it seemed as if the Arabs and their allies had resulted victorious. At the Treaty of Baghdad in which Arab, Kurdish, Armenian, Turkish, American and Japanese representatives were present, joined by a newly free Egypt, which had declared independence from Great Britain and was led by an Anglo-Arab junta. The insurrectionists and Egyptian leaders agreed to form a number of independent state polities, all allied politically and militarily under a common West Asian Pact.
- The Kingdom of Egypt, ruled by Fuad I of the Mohammed Ali dynasty.
- The Kingdom of Jordan, ruled by Abdullah I of the Hashemite dynasty.
- The Kingdom of Syria, ruled by Ali I of the Hashemite dynasty.
- The Kingdom of Iraq, ruled by Faisal I of the Hashemite dynasty.
- The Kingdom of Arabia, ruled by Hussein I of the Hashemite dynasty.
- The Republic of Phoenicia, ruled by a junta of local militia leaders.
- The Republic of Greater Kurdistan, ruled by a junta of local militia leaders.
- The Republic of South Armenia, ruled by a junta of local militia leaders.
Sudan fell under the control of a British military junta, whose independence the King of Egypt recognised due to pressure from the newly formed Imperial African Army and his close British advisors.