1920 Iraqi revolt

GPTKB entity

Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf revolutionary
anti-colonial uprising
gptkbp:casualties over 500 British and Indian soldiers killed
over 6,000 Iraqis killed
gptkbp:cause opposition to British rule
imposition of British Mandate
gptkbp:endDate 1920-10
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1920 Iraqi revolt
gptkbp:location gptkb:Iraq
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Jafar_Abu_al-Timman
Sayyid Muhammad al-Sadr
Sheikh Mahdi Al-Khalissi
Sheikh Dhari
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:British_Empire
Iraqi nationalists
Ottoman Empire loyalists
gptkbp:relatedEvent establishment of British Mandate of Mesopotamia
formation of Kingdom of Iraq in 1921
gptkbp:result British suppression of revolt
gptkbp:significance led to creation of Kingdom of Iraq
influenced British policy in Iraq
gptkbp:startDate 1920-05
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Iraqi_Shiites
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7