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 Governorate
surface form: Baghdad Vilayet

Basra Governorate
surface form: Basra Vilayet

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
surface form: Ottoman provincial administration in Mesopotamia

Ottoman rule in Mesopotamia
followedBy British Iraq Mandate
surface form: 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)
surface form: Mesopotamian campaign

World War I
significantEvent Capture of Baghdad (1917)
surface form: British occupation of Baghdad

British occupation of Basra
British occupation of Mosul
Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
surface form: 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 military administration in Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: British administration in Iraq
Occupied Enemy Territory South governingBody British military administration in Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: British military administration in Palestine
Arnold Wilson positionHeld British military administration in Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: acting High Commissioner in Mesopotamia
Arnold Wilson governedTerritory British military administration in Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: Mesopotamia under British occupation
Percy Cox participatedIn British military administration in Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: British administration of occupied Mesopotamia
Commander-in-Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force relatedTo British military administration in Mesopotamia