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At the end of World War 1 Britain was granted a League of Nations Mandate over Mesopotamia. The area consisted of three former Ottoman vilayets (Regions), Baghdad, Basra and Mosul.

The British reorganised the region into the country of Iraq and established Faisal as a puppet King.

What if they hadn’t?
After all, there was no precedence for the new nation.

What if instead if importing an unemployed Hashemite from Syria they’d opted for local leaders and kept the traditional boundaries?
Perhaps the Kingdom of Baghdad and the Eremites of Basra and Mosul?
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