The new British Mandate of Mesopotamia would rise in revolt in 1920, hoping to throw off their new British rulers.
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Sources:
The 1920 Revolt in Iraq Reconsidered: The Role of Tribes in National Politics by Amal Vinogradov
'A Tedious and Perilous Controversy': Britain and the Settlement of the Mosul Dispute, 1918-1926 by Peter J. Beck
British Oil Policy in the Middle East 1919-1932 by Colin Davies
The British Press and the Future of Egypt, 1919-1922 by Michael B. Bishku
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Did Britain Use Chemical Weapons in Mandatory Iraq? by R.M. Douglas
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Labor Unrest in Egypt, 1906-90 by Donald Quataert
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Ordinary Egyptians: Creating the Modern Nation Through Popular Culture by Ziad Fahmy
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Peasants in Revolt - Egypt 1919 by Ellis Goldberg
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War and Occupation in Iraq: What Went Right? What Could Go Wrong? by Judith S. Yaphe
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