British Empire-1914 onwards (Iraq and Egypt)

By ebo3k
  • Denshawai-Saad Zaghlul leads Wafd party

  • Egypt declare protectorate when Ottomans joined the war

  • 5,000 Indians sent to safeguard oil in Persian gulf

  • Kat Al Amarah taken by the Ottomans

  • Countrywide revolution led by the Egyptians and Sudanese following exile of Saad Zaghlul- led to the death of 800 Egyptians

  • Martial law imposed in Egypt till 1922

  • Zaghlul released but riots continue- 3,000 dead

  • Milner returns to Egypt

  • Anglo Iraqi treaty made King Faisal I (bani Haashim) King of Iraq

  • Egypt given Unilateral Declaration of Independence following the Milner Report- but Britain controlled defence, foreign policy, Sudan and British troops remained in Egypt.

  • Iraqi independence but Brit influence in some areas (oil!)

  • Battle of El Alamein

  • Egypt- King Farouk forced to change gov or abdicate for being sympathetic to AXIS

  • Nasser came to power and withheld oil

  • Kuwait providing half of British oil

  • Israel wins the 6 day war