Completed the following sentence: The British seized Baghdad in March 1917. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ Experts from India designed the new system, which favoured direct rule by British appointees, and demonstrated distrust of the aptitude of local Arabs for self-government.<unk> Experts from India designed the new system, which favoured direct rule by British appointees, and demonstrated distrust of the aptitude of local Arabs for self-government. The old Ottoman laws were discarded and replaced by new codes for civil and criminal law, based on Indian practice.<unk> The old Ottoman laws were discarded and replaced by new codes for civil and criminal law, based on Indian practice. The Indian rupee became the currency.<unk> The Indian rupee became the currency. The army and police were staffed with Indians who had proven their loyalty to the British Raj. <unk> <unk> <unk>
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