 Kuzvimiririra kweIraq kwazvino kwakadzika midzi mukuparara kweOttoman Empire, iyo mauto eFrance, Britain neRussia aive nechokwadi chekuti yaizouya semhedzisiro yeTriple Entente kuMiddle East panguva yeHondo Yenyika I. Mukupindura kudzikira kweOttoman kubatana mushure mehondo nekusainwa kweArmistice yeMudros, masimba akatsvaga uye akawana mvumo yenzvimbo dzekare dzeOttoman kuburikidza neLeague of Nations; France yakapihwa Rebhanoni neSyria neBritain yakapihwa Mesopotamia nePalestine. Zvisinei, kurwira rusununguko muIraq pakupedzisira kwakaderedza pesvedzero yeBritain munharaunda yacho kubvumira nyika yakazvimiririra. Dzimwe nzvimbo dzakatenderedzwa dzakaona kupandukira kwakafanana panguva imwe chete, kureva Syria, iyo yakabudirira kupandukira uye yakasimbisa yakazvimirira Arab Kingdom yeSyria. MuhondoMushure maizvozvo, France yakadzinga Mambo Faisal I, uyo hurumende yeBritain yaimuona semutungamiri akakurumbira uyo aive nehukama neBritain nekuda kwekubata kwake neBritain pamberi peHondo Yenyika I. Uyezve, maBritish akatenda kuisa Faisal pachigaro cheumambo zvaizomutadzisa kudzoka kuzorwira chigaro chake cheumambo muSyria, zvichitungamira mukukanganiswa kwehukama hweBritain neFrance. Pakupedzisira, Iraq yakapiwa kuzvitonga kuzere seUmambo hweIraq muna 1932. 