HIST 1308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Iraq Petroleum Company, Iraqi Nationalism
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In 1920, the iraq mandate was created which requested iraqi independence. Al-ahd was the leader of the iraqi nationalist movement. In 1920, a tribal rebellion emerges in the euphrates. The rebellion is incredibly violent, the british used airplanes and other advanced weaponry to put down the rebellion. However, after world war i, the british are no longer concerned with obtaining their colonies. They agree to the iraq mandate and negotiate a solution towards iraqi independence at the cairo conference. Iraq was given independence and put in place a monarchical system. Faisal, leader of the syrian revolts, is named iraq"s first king. The ottoman army and the arab nationalists both support faisal as king. Faysal develops the iraqi army in 1921 to put down any internal opposition. This army acted essentially as an urban police force. In 1925, the british enforce the organic law in iraq, which establishes a parliament for legislative purposes.
