Word: iraq
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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Syria (bounded on the north by Turkey, on the south by Palestine and Transjordania, on the east by Iraq and on the west by the Mediterranean Sea) is held by France under mandate from the League of Nations (confirmed July 23, 1922) and is composed of five states. The states of Damascus in the south, of Aleppo in the north, of Alaouite in the east form the Syrian Federation; the two remaining states of Jebel Druze in the south and Great Lebanon on the west coast are autonomous...
...Emir Abdullah, second son of King Hussein of the Hedjaz and elder brother of King Feisal of Iraq, faced a serious rebellion led by the Sheik of Es Salt...
...most important problems yet to be settled by separate negotiation, included in the first Treaty, are: settlement of the Ottoman Debt; regulation of concessions; settlement of the Mosul question and the Iraq-Kurdistan frontier; conclusion ol separate judicial treaties granting rights of complaint to foreign legal advisers in place of capitulations. Although the treaty is signed, it must still be ratified by the Powers concerned before it becomes valid...
...foreign policy of the British Government now tends to conciliate the Arabs, particularly those of Transjordania, Hedjaz and Iraq (Mesopotamia). A divorce between British foreign policy and Zionism coupled with effective Arab resistance in Palestine itself, renders Sir Herbert's position intolerable. He intends to offer his resignation on his return to England...
Instead of using the magic carpet of the Arabian Nights, King Feisal of Iraq will fly over the Arabian desert from Bagdad to Amman in seven hours to meet his brother Emir Abdullah of Transjordania in a political conference...