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| 1920 | Abdication of Faisal I |  |
May Palestine Forced to abdicate as King of Palestine  by the French |
| 1920 | Agreement Sykes Picot | |
Iraq is carved out of the Ottoman Empire by the French & British  |
| 1920 | Conference of San Remo | |
| April San Remo Britain is given the mandate in Palestine , Trans jordan and Mesopotamia (renamed Iraq , a territory created out of the Ottoman provinces of Basra, Baghdad and Mosul) |
| April San Remo Faisal I is installed as King of Iraq |
| April San Remo The League of Nations makes Iraq a British Mandate |
| 1921 | Coronation of Faisal I | |
| 23rd Aug The British find a vacant throne in Iraq & after a referendum he is enthroned |
| 1932 | Death of Faisal I | |
| 8th Sep Death of Faisal I, succeeded by his son, Ghazi, but there was much popular support among the Iraq i people for leadership under General Bakr Sidqi |
| 1923 | Discovery of Oil | |
| Kirkuk Oil is discoverred in Iraq |
| 1923 | Economy | |
| Kirkuk Oil is discoverred in Iraq |
| 1920 | Independence | |
| Aug A tribal revolt is launched throughout Iraq i territory after Arnold Wilson, the High Commissioner to Iraq , refuses to allow for the possibility any amount of Iraq i self-Government |
| 1922 | Independence | |
| British renamed the area Iraq and recognize it as a kingdom |
| 1932 | Independence | |
| 3rd Oct As a condition for independence from British control, Iraq has to allow an RAF presence, give Britain land and resources, and coordinate foreign policy for 25 years |
| 3rd Oct Britain 's mandate over Iraq comes to an end |
| 3rd Oct The monarchy achieves full independence & heads the Constitution of Iraq |
| 1925 | League of Nations | |
| 16th Dec Mosul The League of Nations sets the border between Turkey and Iraq , putting the Mosul region in Iraq rather than Turkey despite the wishes of the local Kurdish population |
| 1920 | Rebellion | |
| Aug A tribal revolt is launched throughout Iraq i territory after Arnold Wilson, the High Commissioner to Iraq , refuses to allow for the possibility any amount of Iraq i self-Government |
| 1922 | Rule of Iraq | |
| British renamed the area Iraq and recognize it as a kingdom |
| 1925 | Rule of Kurds | |
| 16th Dec Mosul The League of Nations sets the border between Turkey and Iraq , putting the Mosul region in Iraq rather than Turkey despite the wishes of the local Kurdish population |
| 1925 | Rule of Mosul | |
| 16th Dec Mosul The League of Nations sets the border between Turkey and Iraq , putting the Mosul region in Iraq rather than Turkey despite the wishes of the local Kurdish population |
| 1920 | Rule of Palestine | |
10th Mar Palestine Proclaims himself King of Syria  & Palestine |
| 1920 | Rule of Syria | |
| 10th Mar Proclaims himself King of Syria & Palestine but 15 weeks later deposed by the French |
| 1921 | Succession of Faisal I | |
| Succeeds as King of Iraq |
