British military administration in Mesopotamia

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The British military administration in Mesopotamia was the provisional colonial regime established by Britain after World War I to govern the former Ottoman territories that later became Iraq.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial regime ⓘ
military administration ⓘ
provisional government ⓘ
administeredBy British Army ⓘ
appliesToEthnicGroup Arabs ⓘ
Assyrians ⓘ
Kurds ⓘ
Turkmens ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction occupied enemy territory ⓘ
appliesToReligion Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
Shia Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Baghdad Vilayet ⓘ
linked to: Baghdad Governorate

Basra Vilayet ⓘ
linked to: Basra Governorate

Mesopotamia ⓘ
Mosul Vilayet ⓘ
former Ottoman Empire territories in Mesopotamia ⓘ
capital Baghdad ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime 1920 ⓘ
after World War I ⓘ
establishedBy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
followed Ottoman provincial administration in Mesopotamia ⓘ
Ottoman rule in Mesopotamia ⓘ
followedBy British Mandate for Mesopotamia ⓘ
Kingdom of Iraq ⓘ
governmentType military government ⓘ
occupation administration ⓘ
hasGoal control of Mesopotamian oil resources ⓘ
maintaining order in occupied Mesopotamia ⓘ
securing British imperial communications to India ⓘ
historyOfTopic history of Iraq ⓘ
history of the British Empire ⓘ
history of the Middle East ⓘ
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
legalBasis laws and customs of war on land ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Iraq ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
partOfConflict Mesopotamian campaign ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
significantEvent British occupation of Baghdad ⓘ
British occupation of Basra ⓘ
British occupation of Mosul ⓘ
World War I Middle Eastern theatre ⓘ
startTime 1914 ⓘ
World War I ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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Iraq revolt of 1920 → opposedTo → British military administration in Mesopotamia ⓘ
Iraqi rupee → monetaryAuthority → British administration in Iraq ⓘ
linked to: British military administration in Mesopotamia
Occupied Enemy Territory South → governingBody → British military administration in Palestine ⓘ
linked to: British military administration in Mesopotamia
Arnold Wilson → positionHeld → acting High Commissioner in Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: British military administration in Mesopotamia
Arnold Wilson → governedTerritory → Mesopotamia under British occupation ⓘ
linked to: British military administration in Mesopotamia
Percy Cox → participatedIn → British administration of occupied Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: British military administration in Mesopotamia
Commander-in-Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force → relatedTo → British military administration in Mesopotamia ⓘ
Government of Mesopotamia → replaces → British military occupation of Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: British military administration in Mesopotamia