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 embitte
Iraq's 1920 Revolution
An Iraqi postage stamp of 10 fils denomination issued in 1970 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 1920 Revolution
The Kingdom of Iraq under British Administration, or Mandatory Iraq, was created in 1921 after the 1920 Iraqi Revolt against the proposed British Mandate of Mesopotamia and was enacted via the 1922 An
Iraqi Revolt
…Greater autonomy given to Iraq Faysal ibn Husayn installed as King British Mandate for Mesopotamia cancelled Territorial changes Establishment of the Kingdom of Iraq under British Administration Belligerents United Kingdom Iraq Levies Iraqi rebels Al-ʽAhd Hurras Al-Istiqlal Arab tribesmen Kurdish tribesmen Commanders and leaders Sir Arnold…
Coronation of Faisal as King of Iraq, who is seated. To his right are British High Commissioner Sir Percy Cox and Lieutenant Kinahan Cornwallis and to his is the left commander-in-chief of all British troops in the Mesopotamia Commander General Aylmer Haldane.
Mandatory Iraq, 1921. Remembrance flag of the coronation of King Faisal I
A photograph of British and Iraqi dignitaries in Baghdad from 1923 during the era of Mandatory Iraq. From second left to right in the front row, Kinahan Cornwallis, Sassoon Eskell, and Gertrude Bell. Bernard Henry Bourdillon stands directly behind Bell in the second row.