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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 Paulet–Newcombe Agreement or Paulet-Newcombe Line, was a 1923 agreement between the British and French governments regarding the position and nature of the boundary between the Mandates of Palestine and Iraq, attributed to Great Britain, and the Mandate of Syria and Lebanon, attributed to France.
Subsequently, the League of Nations designated Mesopotamia as the British Mandate of Mesopotamia. From 1920 to the early 1930s, RAF Iraq Command was created as an inter-service command in charge of all British forces in the mandate-controlled Kingdom of Iraq and was commanded by an RAF officer normally of Air Vice-Marshal rank.
September 29 - British Mandate for Palestine and Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon come into operation. [37] October 4 - Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Duke of Devonshire, proposes the setting up of an Arab Agency to have equivalent status to the Jewish Agency. December 11 - Arab Agency unanimously rejected by Palestinian Arab leaders ...
The fatwa ordered a jihad against the British forces of occupation. The Kurds of the northern part of the region also waged war against the British in the years following the signing and ratification of the treaty. They sought separation from newly created Iraq, aiming to establish a separate homeland for themselves.
The draft British Mandate for Mesopotamia was not enacted and was replaced by the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of October 1922. [16] Britain committed to act the responsibilities of a Mandatory Power in 1924. [17] Iraq attained independence from the United Kingdom on 3 October 1932. Iraq: B: Belgian Mandate for East Africa: Ruanda-Urundi: Belgium: German ...
The campaign resulted in the downfall of Gaylani's government, the re-occupation of Iraq by the British, and the return to power of the Regent of Iraq, Prince 'Abd al-Ilah, a British ally. Mandatory Iraq had been governed by the British since 1921. Prior to Iraq's nominal independence in 1932, Britain concluded the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1930 ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and precursor to the 1948 Palestine War Palestinian insurgents during the 1936–39 revolt in Mandatory Palestine Date 1 March 1920 – 14 May 1948 (28 years, 2 months, 1 week and 6 days) Location Mandatory ...