Mandatory Iraq

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Kingdom of Iraq under British administration الانتداب البريطاني على العراق (Arabic)
1921–1932
Flag (1924–1932) Coat of arms (1931–1932)
Anthem: (1924–1932) السلام الملكي As-Salam al-Malaki "The Royal Salute"
Status	League of Nations mandate
Capital and largest city	Baghdad
Common languages	Arabic · Kurdish Neo-Aramaic
Religion	Islam · Christianity Judaism · Yazidism Mandaeism
Demonym(s)	Iraqi
High Commissioner
• 1921–1923	Percy Cox
• 1923–1929	Henry Dobbs
• 1929–1932	Francis Humphrys
King
• 1921–1932	Faisal I
Prime Minister
• 1920–1922 (first)	Abd Al-Rahman Al-Gillani
• 1930–1932 (last)	Nuri al-Said
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper Chamber	Senate
• Lower Chamber	Chamber of Deputies
Historical era	Interwar period
• San Remo conference	25 April 1920
• Treaty of Sèvres	23 August 1921
• Coronation of Faisal I	23 August 1921
• Treaty of Lausanne	24 July 1923
• Treaty of Ankara	5 June 1926
• Anglo-Iraqi Treaty	30 June 1930
• Independence	3 October 1932
Currency	Indian rupee
Preceded by Succeeded by Baghdad Vilayet Basra Vilayet Mosul Vilayet Al-Muntafiq Kingdom of Iraq
Today part of	Iraq Saudi Arabia

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The Kingdom of Iraq under British Administration, or Mandatory Iraq (Arabic: الانتداب البريطاني على العراق al-Intidāb al-Brīṭānī ‘Alá al-‘Irāq), was created in 1921, following the 1920 Iraqi Revolt 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 League of Nations to fulfil the role as Mandatory Power.^[1][2]

Faisal ibn Husayn, who had been proclaimed King of Syria by a Syrian National Congress in Damascus in March 1920, was ejected by the French in July of the same year. Faisal was then granted by the British the territory of Iraq, to rule it as a kingdom, with the British Royal Air Force (RAF) retaining certain military control, but de facto, the territory remained under British administration until 1932.^[3]

The civil government of postwar Iraq was headed originally by the High Commissioner, Sir Percy Cox, and his deputy, Colonel Arnold Wilson. British reprisals after the murder of a British officer in Najaf failed to restore order. The most striking problem facing the British was the growing anger of the nationalists, who continued to fight against the imposition of British authority. British administration had yet to be established in Iraqi Kurdistan.