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Wrong link

In the second paragraph of "Modern Iraq" it states, " In 1959, Abdel-Wahab al-Saadi led an uprising in Mosul against Qasim." This cannot be correct because it links to the Iraqi General Abdel-Wahab al-Saadi who was only born in 1963. The link should instead be changed to the similarly named Abd al-Wahab al-Shawaf the actual leader of the 1959 Mosul uprising. OneMoron (talk) 03:23, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done, thanks. CMD (talk) 03:58, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Governorates

It recently became 19 as halabja has been recognized as a governorate..

Got a cite for that ?---Wikaviani ^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:33, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

just a correction regarding the establishing if iraq:

The first era - or the first Iraqi kingdom, led by Kings Faisal I and Ghazi I - was the period of establishing the Iraqi state and its infrastructure. It was characterized by a national tendency and the ambition to build a state that would host the capital of the Caliphate after its fall in Turkey, competing with the royal family in Egypt and the Saudi family in the Hijaz. Among the goals of this state was to restore unity with the Arab states that had separated from the Ottoman Empire, from which modern, incompletely independent states were formed. King Faisal I was known for his sound mind, diplomacy, and his avoidance of harsh positions in his domestic and foreign policy, especially with the British. However, the national and more stringent orientations of King Ghazi I (1933-1939), and then the ministry of Rashid Ali al-Gaylani in 1941, which opposed the British expansion, had the widest impact and resonance on the Iraqi street, which was greatly frustrated when the British army entered and overthrew the government in order to implement the strategies of World War II in Iraq and the region. Androm saptou (talk) 23:00, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just a another correction regarding the establishing of iraq

The Kingdom of Iraq was established as a result of the repercussions of the Great Arab Revolt, where Sharif Hussein bin Ali, the father of Prince Faisal, was harboring the ambition of the Arab royal families in the region to assume leadership of the Arab state and transfer the caliphate system that had collapsed in Istanbul to one of the competing Arab families: the Saudi family in Najd and the Hijaz, as it was the ruling family in the Islamic holy lands of Mecca and Medina, the Hashemite family, the leader of the Great Arab Revolt in the north of the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant and Iraq, and the ruling family from the lineage of Muhammad Ali in Egypt. Androm saptou (talk) 23:04, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

'Imperial Aramaic'?

The script used in the footnote for the name of the country (ܥܝܪܐܩ) is Syriac, not 'Imperial Aramaic' as the text claims. Imperial Aramaic looks much more like Hebrew (because the modern Hebrew script is descended from it and has changed little): assuming the same pronunciation and orthography as in the Syriac version, it would look like this: 𐡏𐡉𐡓𐡀𐡒. I don't know whether the form written in the Syriac script in the text is Classical Syriac, modern Suret or both; and I doubt that the name is even attested in texts from the time when Imperial Aramaic was used. In any case, either the script or the description is incorrect and needs to be replaced. The question is which language should be used. If the idea is to represent contemporary Aramaic speakers in Iraq, Imperial Aramaic seems less suitable than the other options - Classical Syriac at least remains in use as a liturgical language, and Suret is still spoken. If I've got this correctly, Suret (assuming that it is a single language including both the Assyrian and Chaldean dialects) is the only or at least by far the most common Neo-Aramaic variety still used in Iraq, so it might be an adequate representative. 62.73.72.3 (talk) 21:33, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]