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i. Iraq
1920, May 5
The League of Nations mandate for Iraq was formally accepted by Britain. The newly created country, made up of the former Ottoman provinces of Baghdad, Mosul, and Basra, had a population of around 3 million, about 80 percent of whom spoke Arabic as their first language (some 15 percent were primarily Kurdish speakers). About 90 percent of Iraqis were Muslims, the majority of them (60 percent) Shi’ites. Four-fifths of the population was rural, and Baghdad ranked as the largest urban center, with some 200,000 residents.	1
June
Anti-British revolt in northern and central Iraq, which lasted most of the summer.	2
Oct. 1
Arrival of Sir Percy Cox as British high commissioner in Iraq.	3

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