![]() ![]() Sunni and Shia religious communities cooperated during the revolution as well as tribal communities, the urban masses, and many Iraqi officers in Syria. Using heavy artillery and aerial bombardment, the uprising was suppressed by the British. Sheikh Mehdi Al-Khalissi was a prominent Shia leader of the revolt. The revolt gained momentum when it spread to the largely tribal Shia regions of the middle and lower Euphrates. The Iraqi revolt against the British, also known as the 1920 Iraqi Revolt or Great Iraqi Revolution, started in Baghdad in the summer of 1920 with mass demonstrations by Iraqis, including protests by embittered officers from the old Ottoman Army, against the British who published the new land ownership and the burial taxes at Najaf. Mirza Taqi al-Shirazi (main leader of the revolt )ġ20,000 men (later reinforced with an additional 15,414 men) Įstimated civilian toll: 2,050–4,000 killed 4,800–6,150 wounded British Mandate for Mesopotamia cancelled. ![]()
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