Egypt and Iraq would both find themselves under the control of the British Empire after the war, neither of them were necessarily thrilled with that arrangement. Do you want to chat with other History of the Great War listeners, and yours truly, come hang out in Discord: https://discord.gg/ASbBjaT Support the podcast on http://patreon.com/historyofthegreatwar where you can get access to special supporter only episodes. For a no strings attached donation: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2528RCAZG4R3Y&source=url Sources: The 1920 Revolt in Iraq Reconsidered: The Role of Tribes in National Politics by Amal Vinogradov 'A Tedious and Perilous Controversy': Britain and the Settlement of the Mosul Dispute, 1918-1926 by Peter J. Beck British Oil Policy in the Middle East 1919-1932 by Colin Davies The British Press and the Future of Egypt, 1919-1922 by Michael B. Bishku The Cambridge History of EgyptCreating Nations, Establishing States: Ethno-Religious Heterogeneity and the British Creation of Iraq in 1919-23 by Guiditta Fontana Did Britain Use Chemical Weapons in Mandatory Iraq? by R.M. Douglas Enemy on the Euphrates: The Battle for Iraq, 1914 - 1921 by Ian Rutledge Competing Narratives: Histories of the Women's Movement in Iraq, 1910-58 by Noga Efrati Labor Unrest in Egypt, 1906-90 by Donald Quataert British Oil Policy in the Middle East 1919-1932 by Colin Davies Ordinary Egyptians: Creating the Modern Nation Through Popular Culture by Ziad Fahmy The Other 'Awakening' in Iraq: The Women's Movement in the First Half of the Twentieth Century by Noga Efrat iLiminal Loyalties: Ottomanism and Palestinian Responses to the Turkish War of Independence, 1919-22 by Awad Halabi Patterns of the 1920 rising in Iraq: The Rifā'iyya ṭarīqa and Shiism by Thomas Eich Peasants in Revolt - Egypt 1919 by Ellis Goldberg Southern Kurdistan under Britain's Mesopotamian Mandate: From Separation to Incorporation, 1920-23 by Saad Eskander The Egyptian Revolution of 1919: New Directions in the Egyptian Economy by Robert L. Tignor War and Occupation in Iraq: What Went Right? What Could Go Wrong? by Judith S. Yaphe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices