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.
Keywords:
Iraq; Kurdistan; British Empire; Mahmoud Barzinji
The article is focused on the role of Nuri al-Said in the process of state-making in Iraq in the beginning of the XX century. Special attention is paid to the issues of establishing of the British Mandate in Mesopotamia and the beginning of the independence according to the treaty of 1930 between Britain and Iraq.
