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| 1920 | Abdication |  |
| 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 |
| 1920 | Independence | |
| Rebellion by Iraqi Arabs against the rule of the British Mandate, the rebellion is suppressed by the British military |
| The Great Iraqi Revolution, known in Iraq as Ath Thawra al Iraqiyya al Kubra and by the British as the Arab Revolt of 1920 |
| Aug 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 |
| 1920 | Rebellion | |
| Aug 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 |
| 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 | Coronation | |
| 23rd Aug The British find a vacant throne in Iraq & after a referendum he is enthroned |
| 1921 | Succession | |
| Succeeds as King of Iraq |
| 1922 | Independence | |
| British renamed the area Iraq and recognize it as a kingdom |
| 1922 | Rule of Iraq | |
| British renamed the area Iraq and recognize it as a kingdom |
| 1923 | Discovery of Oil | |
| Kirkuk Oil is discoverred in Iraq |
| 1923 | Economy | |
| Kirkuk Oil is discoverred in 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 |
| 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 |
| 1932 | Death | |
| 8th Sep Death of Faisal I, succeeded by his son, Ghazi, but there was much popular support among the Iraqi people for leadership under General Bakr Sidqi |
| 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 |
