Ka cika wannan magana: Bayan Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya, ƙasashen da ke ƙarƙashin Daular Ottoman an raba su tsakanin Faransa da Biritaniya, kuma ƙasar da ta rage ita ce ƙasar Turkiya a yau. An ba da shawarar tsoffin lardunan Ottoman na Baghdad, Mosul, da Basra don zama League of Nations Class A a ƙarƙashin mulkin Biritaniya kai tsaye, wanda aka sani da Dokar Biritaniya don Mesopotamiya. Jama'a a yankin sun nuna rashin amincewa da umarnin, suna nuna rashin amincewa da aiwatar da mulkin Birtaniya; wannan ya haifar da
Tawayen Iraqi na 1920, wanda ya sa Birtaniyya ta yanke shawarar cewa yankunan da aka ba da izini za su zama Masarautar Iraki. A ranar 23 ga Agusta 1921, an naɗa Faisal ibn Hasayn a matsayin Faisal I, Sarkin Iraki.