Percy Cox

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Percy Cox was a British colonial administrator and diplomat who played a key role in shaping modern Iraq and the Persian Gulf region in the early 20th century.

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instanceOf British colonial administrator
diplomat
human
awardReceived Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
birthDate 1864-11-20
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 1937-02-20
educatedAt Cheltenham College
Royal Military College, Sandhurst
employer British Empire
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
surface form: British Foreign Office

British Indian Army
familyName Cox
fullName Sir Percy Zachariah Cox
givenName Percy
honorificPrefix Sir
influenced British policy in the Persian Gulf
Iraq–Kuwait border delineation
formation of the Hashemite monarchy in Iraq
political structure of modern Iraq
languageSpoken English
memberOf British Indian Army
Indian Political Service
militaryRank Major-General
nationality British
notableWork installation of Faisal I as King of Iraq
mediation of tribal and territorial disputes in the Persian Gulf
negotiation of borders in the Persian Gulf region
negotiation of the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1922
role in the 1921 Cairo Conference on Middle East policy
shaping the modern state of Iraq
occupation army officer
colonial administrator
diplomat
participatedIn British military administration in Mesopotamia
surface form: British administration of occupied Mesopotamia

World War I
surface form: First World War
placeOfDeath United Kingdom
positionHeld British Minister to Persia
Chief Political Officer, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force
High Commissioner in Mesopotamia
British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
surface form: Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
sexOrGender male
workLocation India
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Persia
Persian Gulf

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