The British Presence in Iraqi Kurdistan: Establishing Political Control (1918–1920)

Abstract

The following article focuses on the first years of the British occupation of north-eastern regions of Mesopotamia after World War I. The author investigates the key features of mutual relations between the local tribal elite and the officers of the British occupational administration. Special attention is paid to the subject of establishing control over the occupied area as well as its incorporation into the newly-formed Iraqi state.