Rebellion

Mahmud Barzanji revolts

May 1919 – Jul 1924 · 33.83° N, 35.83° E

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When
May 1919 – Jul 1924
Kind
Rebellion
Coordinates
33.83° N, 35.83° E
Description
1919–24 Kurdish revolts in Iraq

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Mahmud Barzanji revolts

1919–24 Kurdish revolts in Iraq

The Mahmud Barzanji revolts were a series of armed uprisings by Kurdish Sheykh Mahmud Barzanji against the Iraqi authority in newly conquered British Mesopotamia and later the British Mandate in Iraq. Following his first insurrection in May 1919, Sheykh Mahmud was imprisoned and eventually exiled to India for a year.

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