iraqi revolution

Iraqi revolution of the 1920

The Iraqi revolution that occurred in the 1920s has so much controversy between the Sunni and Shiite groups in Iraq where many believe it was the freedom of the British occupation but also the start of Muslim (Sunni and Shiite) dispute.

Before the start of the Iraqi the revolution, it’s important to note that Iraq was under the Ottoman Empire. From 1532 – 1918 Iraq was under the ottoman rule before it was passed on to the British invasion. The Safavid line of Iran quickly attested their authority over Iraq in the times of 1508-1533. Throughout the years 1747-1831 Iraq was governed by the Mamluk officers of Georgian source who succeeded in getting independence from the Ottoman Empire, smothered tribal rebellions, checked the force of the Janissaries, restored request and presented a project of modernization of economy and military. In 1831, the Ottomans figured out how to overthrow the Mamluk administration and again forced their immediate control over Iraq. the Safavid’s and the Ottoman’s where the start of the Sunni and Shia problem, In Kadim Abbas book Reclaiming Iraq he states “The population except for a minority of the affluent was united against a domineering British occupation on. That had replaced the equally exploitative four-century long Ottoman occupation. The ottomans had become the self-appointed protectors of Sunni Islam after the forced conversion of Iran to Shi’ism by the Safavids, who in turn became the self-appointed protectors of world’s Shia in the sixteen century. The Shia where put in a precious position as their country became a battlefield between those two empires” (Abbas, pg. 4). Ottoman rule controlled Iraq til World War I, while the Ottomans privileged Germany and the Ce...

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...aq. The British now needed to control Iraq through more circuitous methods, primarily by introducing previous authorities well disposed to the British government. They inevitably chose to introduce Faysal ibn Husayn as King of Iraq. Faysal had worked with the British before in the Arab Revolt throughout World War I and he reveled in great relations with certain vital authorities. British authorities additionally thought introducing Faysal as ruler might keep Faysal from battling the French in Syria and harming British-French relations. For Iraqis the rebellion served as a feature of the establishing of Iraqi patriotism despite the fact that this conclusion is discussed by researchers. It additionally demonstrated remarkable co-operation between Sunni and Shi'a Muslims in spite of the fact that this co-operation did not last any longer than the end of the rebellion.