Mandatory Iraq

This article is about the specific polity Mandatory Iraq and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was the British Mandate over Iraq established after World War I.

Establishment

August 1920: The territory of Mosul was transferred to Mandatory Iraq in 1920, following the Treaty of Sèvres.

Chronology

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1. Second Barzanji Revolt

Were a series of armed uprisings by Kurdish Sheykh Mahmud Barzanji against the Iraqi authority in newly conquered British Mesopotamia and later the British Mandate in Iraq.

October 1922: The Kingdom of Kurdistan was a short-lived unrecognised state proclaimed in the city of Sulaymaniyah following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.

August 1924: With British forces greatly exceeding his in ammunition and training, the British finally subdued the Kingdom of Kurdistan to central British Iraqi rule in 1924.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

October 1922: The Kingdom of Kurdistan was a short-lived unrecognised state proclaimed in the city of Sulaymaniyah following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.

October 1932: Independence of Iraq from the United Kingdom.