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
Turkmens
surface form: Turkmen
appliesToTerritory Baghdad Governorate
surface form: Baghdad Vilayet

Basra Governorate
surface form: Basra Vilayet

Iraq
Mesopotamia
Mosul
surface form: Mosul Vilayet
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 Colonial Office
surface form: British Colonial Office
hasConflict Iraq revolt of 1920
surface form: Iraqi 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 mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces
surface form: League of Nations mandate system

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