20th century in Iraq

King of Iraq from 4 April 1939 until 1958

The Hashemites (), officially the House of Hashim, are the royal family of Jordan, which they have ruled since 1921, and were the royal family of the kingdoms of Hejaz (1916–1925), Syria (1920), and Iraq (1921–1958). The family had ruled the city of Mecca continuously from the 10th century, frequently as vassals of outside powers, and ruled the thrones of the Hejaz, Syria, Iraq, and Jordan following their World War I alliance with the British Empire.

Iraqi Army brigadier, nationalist and first prime minister of Iraq after the fall of the monarchy

independent Iraqi monarchy (1932–1958)

King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq (1912-1939) (ruled 1933-1939)

former country

1914 World War I military campaign

Iraqi politician, academic and pan-Arab nationalist (1913–1973)

area of 7,044 km² on the border between Saudi Arabia and Iraq within which the border between the two countries had not been settled

former country

division of the Ottoman Empire after World War I

Iraqi uprising against British rule

state forged in 1958 in Iraq and ended in 1968

United Nations Security Council resolution

1925-1961 Iraqi oil monopoly

wars and rebellions by Iraqi Kurds against the Iraqi government

diplomat (1884-1940)

flight of 120,000+ Jews from Iraq in 1951–2

1928 business agreement creating a regional oil cartel

proposed League of Nations Mandate

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against post-revolutionary Iran, included several billion dollars worth of assistance

Government agency under Saddam Hussein

thumb|Portrait of Abd al-Karim Qasim Qasimism () is an Iraqi nationalist ideology based on the thoughts and policies of Abd al-Karim Qasim, who ruled Iraq from 1958 until 1963.

British plan to install Hashemite family rulers in Middle East territories