Government of Mesopotamia

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The Government of Mesopotamia was the British-administered civil authority that governed the former Ottoman provinces in the Mesopotamian region (largely modern Iraq) in the aftermath of World War I.

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Government of Mesopotamia canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British colonial administration ⓘ
civil authority ⓘ
administeredBy British Empire ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Baghdad Vilayet ⓘ
linked to: Baghdad Governorate

Basra Vilayet ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
Mosul Vilayet ⓘ
former Ottoman provinces of Basra, Baghdad and Mosul ⓘ
territory that later became the Kingdom of Iraq ⓘ
basedOn British imperial policy in the Middle East ⓘ
League of Nations postwar settlement framework ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
establishedAfter World War I ⓘ
followedBy British Mandate for Mesopotamia ⓘ
Kingdom of Iraq ⓘ
follows Ottoman Empire ⓘ
goal prepare territory for mandate and eventual self-government ⓘ
transition from military to civil administration in Mesopotamia ⓘ
hasCapital Baghdad ⓘ
hasGovernanceStructure British High Commissioner with advisory councils ⓘ
hasGovernmentForm colonial civil administration ⓘ
hasLegalStatus temporary civil administration pending mandate arrangements ⓘ
hasPolicy creation of centralized bureaucratic institutions in Mesopotamia ⓘ
development of oil-related infrastructure under British control ⓘ
maintenance of British strategic and economic interests in Mesopotamia ⓘ
historicalRegion Fertile Crescent ⓘ
inConflictWith Iraqi nationalist movement ⓘ
linked to: Iraqi nationalism
influencedBy British commitments to Arab leaders during World War I ⓘ
Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
Kurdish ⓘ
locatedIn Asia ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
participant British Colonial Office ⓘ
linked to: Colonial Office

British Indian administration ⓘ
Kurdish notables ⓘ
local Arab elites ⓘ
partOf British imperial system in the interwar period ⓘ
British occupation of the Middle East after World War I ⓘ
replaces British military occupation of Mesopotamia ⓘ
significantEvent administrative reorganization of former Ottoman vilayets ⓘ
integration of tribal areas into centralized administration ⓘ
negotiations over future Iraqi monarchy ⓘ
temporalContext post-World War I period ⓘ

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Bertram Thomas → workedFor → Government of Mesopotamia ⓘ