
Spread of the revolution to the Middle Euphrates.

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 ) Mirza Mahdi al-Shirazi Shaalan Abu al-Jun Mehdi Al-Khalissi Muhammad Hasan Abi al-Mahasin Mahmud Barzanji Other heads of iraqi tribesmenġ20,000 men (later reinforced with an additional 15,414 men) 63 aircraft ġ000 killed 1,100–1,800 wounded 11 aircraft destroyed Įstimated civilian toll: 2,050–4,000 killed 4,800–6,150 wounded

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