This Day In Iraqi History - Sep 5 PM Said broke relations with Nazi Germany Arrested all Germans in Iraq and deported them to India

 

1920 Gertrude Bell wrote that Iraq was in the middle of a jihad during 1920 revolt

(Musings On Iraq review Enemy On The Euphrates, The Battle For Iraq 1914-1921)

(Musings On Iraq review Reclaiming Iraq, The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State)

(Musings On Iraq review Gertrude Bell And Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq review Gertrude Bell, Explorer of the Middle East)

(Musings On Iraq movie review Letters from Baghdad)

(Musings On Iraq review Desert Queen, The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia)

(Musings On Iraq review A Quest in the Middle East, Gertrude Bell and the Making of Modern Iraq)

This Day In Iraqi History - Sep 4 Saddam mobilized armed forces and ordered seizure of disputed border towns to find excuse to invade Iran

 

1921 Colonial Secretary Churchill memo said he supported Iraqi govt and independence to

maintain British influence in Iraq

(Musings On Iraq Churchill In His Own Words On Mesopotamia/Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq review Britain In Iraq, Contriving King and Country)

(Musings On Iraq review Britain’s Informal Empire In The Middle East, A Case Study of Iraq 1929-1941)

(Musings On Iraq review Churchill’s Folly, How Winston Churchill Created Modern Iraq)

(Musings On Iraq review Supremacy And Oil, Iraq, Turkey, and the Anglo-American World Order, 1918-1930)

Iraq Back To Last Year’s Oil Exports Average

Iraq’s oil exports largely remained unchanged by revenues dipped in August.

This Day In Iraqi History - Sep 3 Qasim offered amnesty to Kurdish rebels Asked Barzani to return to Iraq

 

1920 UK army ordered two outer camps in Samawa be abandoned during siege of town Led to

heavy losses during 1920 Revolt

Why Was The Hashd Bill Withdrawn From Iraq’s Parliament

In late August Iraq’s parliament withdrew the Hashd bill. This led to wild speculation that this was due to U.S. pressure. However the ruling Coordination Framework was so divided over the issue that it was not going to be passed any time soon.

This Day In Iraqi History - Sep 2 King Faisal left Iraq for his health Would die a week later

 

1922 Turkish troops tested border with Iraq Seized Rania in Sulaymaniya after four days of

fighting

This Day In Iraqi History - Sep 1 Colonial Sec Churchill argued for UK to withdraw from Iraq to save money

 

1919 Jews sent letter to two Iraqi papers declaring their support for Arabs against the Balfour

Declaration where UK said it supported creating a Jewish homeland in Palestine