Ottoman Iraq

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Ottoman Iraq was a historical region of the Ottoman Empire encompassing much of present-day Iraq, administered through several provinces centered on cities like Baghdad, Basra, and Mosul.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ottoman Iraq canonical 4
Ottoman Mesopotamia 3
Iraq (Ottoman period) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former territory of the Ottoman Empire
historical region
administrativeStructure eyalets (provinces)
vilayets (provinces)
borderConflictWith Qajar Iran
Safavid Empire
capital Baghdad
controlledBy Ottoman sultan
economyBasedOn agriculture
long-distance trade
endEvent Ottoman defeat in World War I
endTime 1918
followedBy British Iraq Mandate
surface form: British-occupied Mesopotamia

Mandatory Iraq
hasPart Baghdad Governorate
surface form: Baghdad Eyalet

Baghdad Governorate
surface form: Baghdad Vilayet

Basra Governorate
surface form: Basra Eyalet

Basra Governorate
surface form: Basra Vilayet

Mosul
surface form: Mosul Eyalet

Mosul
surface form: Mosul Vilayet
importantCityForPilgrimage Kadhimiya district of Baghdad
surface form: Kadhimiya (near Baghdad)

Samarra
importantPort Basra
importantTradeRoute Indian Ocean trade network
surface form: Indian Ocean–Mediterranean trade
locatedInPresentDay Iraq
Kuwait (partly)
Syrian region
surface form: Syria (partly)

Turkey (partly)
majorCity Baghdad
Basra
Mosul
majorRiver Euphrates
Tigris
partOf Ottoman Empire
precededBy Safavid control of Iraq (in parts)
religion Sunni Islam
surface form: Sunni Islam (state religion)
reorganizedUnder Tanzimat
surface form: Tanzimat reforms
significantCommunity Armenians
Assyrians
Jews
Kurds
Shia Islam
surface form: Shia Muslims

Sunni Arabs of Iraq
surface form: Sunni Arabs

Iraqi Turkmen
surface form: Turkmens
startEvent Conquest of Baghdad (1534)
surface form: Ottoman conquest of Baghdad by Suleiman the Magnificent
startTime 1534
strategicImportance control of Persian Gulf access
frontier with Safavid and later Qajar Iran

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amarah historicalRegion Ottoman Iraq
British Iraq Mandate follows Ottoman Iraq
Battle of Ctesiphon (1915) region Ottoman Iraq
this entity surface form: Ottoman Mesopotamia
Ottoman 6th Army historicalRegion Ottoman Iraq
Ottoman Land Code of 1858 appliesToJurisdiction Ottoman Iraq
this entity surface form: Iraq (Ottoman period)
Battle of Kut region Ottoman Iraq
this entity surface form: Ottoman Mesopotamia
Kuwaiti Jews regionOfOrigin Ottoman Iraq
Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force areaServed Ottoman Iraq
this entity surface form: Ottoman Mesopotamia