AUTHOR'S PREFACE, SYSTEM OF TRANSLITERATION, I GREAT BRITAIN GOES TO WAR IN TURKISH ARABIA, II THE GROWTH OF BRITISH INTERESTS IN THE PERSIAN GULF AND IN THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES VALLEYS, III THE CONQUEST OF SOUTHERN MESOPOTAMIA, IV INITIA TION OF BRITISH ADMINISTRATION, V BRITISH POLICY AFTER THE CAPTURE OF BAGHDAD, VI INITIATION OF ADMINISTRATION IN BAGHDAD WILAYET, VII POLICY OF THE CIVIL ADMINISTRATION, VIII PLANS FOR THE FUTURE, IX THE PLEBISCITE OF 1918-1919, X COMMITMENTS, CONSTITUTIONAL PROPOSALS, DELAYS, XI CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT FOR 'IRAQ: PROPOSALS, COUNTERPROPOSALS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, XII ARAB NATIONALISM IN 'IRAQ BEFORE 1914, XIII GROWTH OF NATIONALISM IN 'IRAQ, 1914-1920, XIV THE INSURRECTION OF 1920, XV. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PROVISIONAL ARAB GOVERNMENT, XVI. ORGANIZATION OF ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT, XVII. THE SEARCH FOR A RULER, XVIII. THE ACCESSION OF FAISAL, XIX. INSTRUMENTS OF POLICY, XX. INSTRUMENTS OF GOVERNMENT, XXI. THE WORK OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY, XXII. TERMINATION OF THE MANDATE, XXIII. PROGRESS OR RETROGRESSION?, APPENDICES, SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX