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Mandatory Iraq

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Also known as British Mandate of Mesopotamia

former country

Key facts

Status
Class A League of Nations mandate of the United Kingdom
Capital and largest city
Baghdad
Common languages
Arabic · Kurdish , Armenian · Neo-Aramaic
Religion
Islam · Christianity , Judaism · Yazidism , Mandaeism
Demonym
Iraqi
Government
Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
1921 1923
Percy Cox
1923 1929
Henry Dobbs
1929 1932
Francis Humphrys
1921 1932
Faisal I bin Hussein bin Ali al-Hashimi
1920 1922 first
Abd Al-Rahman Al-Gillani
1930 1932 last
Nuri al-Said
Legislature
Parliament
Upper chamber
Senate
Lower chamber
Chamber of Deputies
Historical era
Interwar period
San remo conference
25 April 1920
Treaty of s vres
10 August 1920

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
protectorate
Religion
Islam
Continent
Asia
Capital
Baghdad
Official language
English language
Currency
Indian rupee
Form of government
constitutional monarchy
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inception
1920-01-01
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1932-01-01
topic's main category
Category:Mandatory Iraq
replaced by
Kingdom of Iraq
native label
Mesopotamia
language used
Armenian
official religion
Mandaeism
Commons category
British Mandate of Mesopotamia
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Encyclopedic overview

Today part ofIraq Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Iraq under British Administration, or Mandatory Iraq (Arabic: الانتداب البريطاني على العراق, romanized: al-Intidāb al-Brīṭānī ʿalā l-ʿIrāq), was created in 1921, following the 1920 Iraqi Revolution against the proposed British Mandate of Mesopotamia, and enacted via the 1922 Anglo-Iraqi Treaty and a 1924 undertaking by the United Kingdom to the League of Nations to fulfil the role as Mandatory Power.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mandatory Iraq” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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