Rule of Palestine
Proclaims himself King of Syria & Palestine
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1920 in Iraq
Explore 9 historical events and records for Iraq in 1920.
Historical records for Iraq in 1920
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March
Rule of Syria
Proclaims himself King of Syria & Palestine but 15 weeks later deposed by the French
April
Conference of San Remo
The League awards Mosul to Iraq despite Turkish claims and Kurdish opposition.
May
Abdication
Forced to abdicate as King of Palestine by the French
August
Independence of Iraq
A tribal revolt is launched throughout Iraqi territory after Arnold Wilson, the High Commissioner to Iraq, refuses to allow for the possibility any amount of Iraqi self-Government
Rebellion of tribal
A tribal revolt is launched throughout Iraqi territory after Arnold Wilson, the High Commissioner to Iraq, refuses to allow for the possibility any amount of Iraqi self-Government
Other events (month unknown)
Agreement of Sykes-Picot
Iraq is carved out of the Ottoman Empire by the French & British
British Mandate
League mandate arrangements shape the new Iraqi kingdom.
Independence of Iraq
The Great Iraqi Revolution, known in Iraq as Ath Thawra al Iraqiyya al Kubra and by the British as the Arab Revolt of 1920. Rebellion by Iraqi Arabs against the rule of the British Mandate, the rebellion is suppressed by the British military
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