On the morning of 31 May , the Mayor of Baghdad and a delegation approached British forces at the Washash Bridge outside of Baghdad . With the Mayor was Sir Kinahan Cornwallis . Terms were quickly reached , an armistice was signed , and the monarchy and a pro-British government were put back in place . On 1 June , the Regent returned to Baghdad . On 1 June an armed Iraqi mob began a two-day murder spree against Baghdad 's Jews , known as " The Farhud " . After two days the Mayor of Baghdad and police loyal to the Iraqi monarchy quelled the violence by imposing a curfew and shot violators on sight . An investigation conducted by the journalist Tony Rocca of the London '' Sunday Times '' looked at Cornwallis 's conduct , when he refused to act against the riots
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