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The dispatching of Iraqi army units to Jordan played into the hands of two of the key members of the Iraqi Free Officers movement: Arif and the movement's leader, Qasim. The Iraqi 19th and 20th Brigades of the 3rd Division (Iraq) (the former under Qasim's command and the latter including Arif's battalion) were dispatched to march to Jordan ...
The Iraqi Revolt of 1920, also known as the Iraqi War of Independence or Great Iraqi Revolution began in Baghdad in the summer of 1920 with mass demonstrations by Iraqis, including protests by embittered officers from the old Ottoman Army, against the British who published the new land ownership and the burial taxes at Najaf.
Iraq, a country located in West Asia, largely coincides with the ancient region of Mesopotamia, often referred to as the cradle of civilization.The history of Mesopotamia extends back to the Lower Paleolithic period, with significant developments continuing through the establishment of the Caliphate in the late 7th century AD, after which the region became known as Iraq.
Modern Iraq was established from the former three Ottoman provinces, Baghdad Vilayet, Mosul Vilayet and Basra Vilayet, which were known as Al-'Iraq. The Sykes-Picot agreement was a secret agreement between UK and France with the assent of Imperial Russia, defining their respective sphere of influence and control in West Asia after the expected ...
Timelines of Iraq history include: Timeline of Baghdad; Timeline of Basra; Timeline of Mosul This page was last edited on 12 April 2022, at 08: ...
14 July Revolution (1958) Hashemite Arab Federation. Kingdom of Iraq; Support: Hashemite Arab Federation. Kingdom of Jordan. Jordanian annexed West Bank; Free Officers: Free Officers Victory. The Iraqi Monarchy is overthrown. The Hashemite dynasty in Iraq ends. Death of Faisal II and his family; Execution of Crown Prince Abd al-llah and Prime ...
Iraqi Revolution may refer to: The Iraqi Revolt (1920) The Iraqi Intifada (1952) The 14 July Revolution (1958) The Ramadan Revolution (February 1963) The 17 July Revolution (1968) The 1991 Iraqi uprisings
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 ...