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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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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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