British Iraq Mandate

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The British Iraq Mandate was a League of Nations mandate administered by the United Kingdom after World War I that laid the foundations for the modern state of Iraq.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf League of Nations mandate
former political entity
administeredBy United Kingdom
appliesToEthnicGroup Arabs
Assyrians
Kurds
Turkmen
linked to: Turkmens
appliesToTerritory Baghdad Vilayet
linked to: Baghdad Governorate

Basra Vilayet
linked to: Basra Governorate

Iraq
Mesopotamia
Mosul Vilayet
linked to: Mosul
capital Baghdad
colonialPower United Kingdom
containsEvent 1920 Iraqi revolt against British rule
installation of Faisal I as king
currency Indian rupee
endCause admission of Iraq to League of Nations as independent state
endTime 1932
established framework for modern Iraqi state institutions
followedBy Kingdom of Iraq
follows Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Iraq
governingBody British Colonial Office
linked to: Colonial Office
hasConflict Iraqi revolt of 1920
linked to: Iraq revolt of 1920

Kurdish rebellions in Iraq
hasEffect creation of modern borders of Iraq
establishment of centralized administration in Iraq
integration of Mosul region into Iraq
hasPolicy control of oil resources
indirect rule through Hashemite monarchy
hasPurpose preparation for independence of Iraq
headOfState Faisal I of Iraq
highCommissioner Arnold Wilson
Percy Cox
involvesOrganization Iraq Petroleum Company
languageUsed Arabic
Kurdish
legalBasis League of Nations mandate system
San Remo Conference decisions
Treaty of Sèvres
locatedIn Asia
partOf British Empire
post–World War I settlement in the Middle East
region Middle East
replacedByCurrency Iraqi dinar
startTime 1920
supervisedBy League of Nations

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Asia (colonial possessions) includes British Iraq Mandate
Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) aftermath British military occupation of Mesopotamia
linked to: British Iraq Mandate
Hashemite dynasty predecessorInIraq British Mandate of Mesopotamia
linked to: British Iraq Mandate
Kingdom of Kurdistan opposedBy British authorities in Iraq
linked to: British Iraq Mandate
San Remo Conference assignedMandateTo United Kingdom over Mesopotamia (Iraq)
linked to: British Iraq Mandate
Kut partOf British Mandate of Mesopotamia (historical)
linked to: British Iraq Mandate
Kingdom of Iraq predecessor Mandatory Iraq
linked to: British Iraq Mandate
Kingdom of Iraq predecessor British Mandate of Mesopotamia
linked to: British Iraq Mandate
League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces includedMandate British Mandate for Mesopotamia
linked to: British Iraq Mandate
League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces includedMandate British Mandate for Iraq
linked to: British Iraq Mandate
Sultanate of Nejd borderedBy Iraq (under British mandate influence)
linked to: British Iraq Mandate
Iraqi rupee usedInRegion British Mandate of Mesopotamia
linked to: British Iraq Mandate
Iraqi rupee usedBy British authorities in Iraq
linked to: British Iraq Mandate
Iraqi rupee usedInPoliticalEntity British-occupied Mesopotamia
linked to: British Iraq Mandate
Mahmud Barzanji opponent British Mandate authorities in Iraq
linked to: British Iraq Mandate
Mahmud Barzanji associatedWith British Mandate of Mesopotamia
linked to: British Iraq Mandate
Kirkuk historicalPeriod British Mandate of Iraq
linked to: British Iraq Mandate
Turkish Petroleum Company grantedConcessionBy British Mandate of Iraq
linked to: British Iraq Mandate
Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1930 relatedTo British Mandate for Mesopotamia
subject linked to: Anglo-Iraqi Treaty 1930
linked to: British Iraq Mandate
Occupied Enemy Territory North partOf British military occupation of former Ottoman territories
linked to: British Iraq Mandate
Ottoman Iraq followedBy British-occupied Mesopotamia
linked to: British Iraq Mandate
Arnold Wilson governedTerritory Iraq under British Mandate
linked to: British Iraq Mandate
Rumaitha hasHistoricalPeriod British occupation of Iraq
linked to: British Iraq Mandate
British military administration in Mesopotamia followedBy British Mandate for Mesopotamia
linked to: British Iraq Mandate
Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1922 implements British mandate for Mesopotamia
linked to: British Iraq Mandate
Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1922 relatedTo League of Nations Mandate for Iraq
linked to: British Iraq Mandate