British Mandate of Mesopotamia

British Mandate of Mesopotamia was a colony in Mesopotamia (Middle East) that lasted from 1920 to 1932 CE, about 12 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

League of Nations mandate, met at once by the Iraqi revolt of 1920. Britain installed Faisal I as king in 1921 and kept air bases and oil concessions after independence.

See British Mandate of Mesopotamia on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1920 to 1932 CE

Duration

12 years

Type

Colony

Region

Mesopotamia, Middle East

Language family

Germanic

Capital

Baghdad

Came from

• Ottoman Iraq 1534 to 1918 CE

Became

• Kingdom of Iraq 1932 to 1958 CE

Events in Middle East during its time

• 1923 Treaty of Lausanne

Neighbours in Middle East

• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE
• Qajar dynasty 1789 to 1925 CE
• Republic of Turkey 1923 CE to the present
• Saudi Arabia 1932 CE to the present
• Soviet Transcaucasia 1920 to 1991 CE
• Pahlavi Iran 1925 to 1979 CE
• Mandatory Palestine 1920 to 1948 CE
• French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon 1920 to 1946 CE
• Sharifate of Mecca 967 to 1925 CE
• Sheikhdom of Kuwait c. 1752 to 1961 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present, Europe
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE, Southeast Asia
• Commonwealth of Australia 1901 CE to the present, Oceania
• British Raj 1858 to 1947 CE, South Asia
• Empire of Japan 1868 to 1947 CE, East Asia

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