British Iraq Mandate

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League of Nations mandate former political entity

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.

Aliases (5)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	League of Nations mandate → former political entity →
administeredBy	United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
appliesToEthnicGroup	Arabs → Assyrians → Kurds → Turkmen →
appliesToTerritory	Baghdad Vilayet → Basra Vilayet → Iraq → Mesopotamia → Mosul Vilayet →
capital	Baghdad →
colonialPower	United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
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	British Colonial Office →
hasConflict	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 mandate system → 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 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) ("British military occupation of Mesopotamia") →	aftermath
San Remo Conference ("United Kingdom over Mesopotamia (Iraq)") →	assignedMandateTo
Asia (colonial possessions) →	includes
Kingdom of Kurdistan ("British authorities in Iraq") →	opposedBy
Kut ("British Mandate of Mesopotamia (historical)") →	partOf
Hashemite dynasty ("British Mandate of Mesopotamia") →	predecessorInIraq