@article{2018,title={The British Role in the Wahhabi Revolt and Its Impact on the Policy Over Iraq},abstractNode={Wahhabism was one of the worst incidents annoying the Ottoman State, which firstly occurred in the Arabian Peninsula at the end of the 18th century and later became a dangerous opponent for Iraq, Persian Gulf, Asia, and Iran. This Islamic sect –which was established so as to restore and rehabilitate Islam– later became a looter, a troublemaker, and a bloody-hand terrorist group in a short period of time, who started to kill the others who were not Wahhabi. On the other hand, the group got favourable results and occupied the strategically important areas in a short time. As a result, it attracted first Britain’s and later the other European countries’ attention, who later started to build good relations with this group. If they had good relations, they could have found a powerful but an illegal ally. Additionally, this relations could be a good trump against both France and the Ottoman State. British plan was to move France France and the Ottoman State from Iraq away. After this, they could establish a protectorate in Iraq. The members of Wahhabism also desired to be allied with one of the most influential countries in Iraq, they built a good relations in a short period of time. Yet, it was understood that this affair was completely against Wahhabism in Iraq even its surroundings. British used Wahhabi members for their interest but did not let them dominate the region. They got strong in Iraq by taking advantage of the political, economic and martial turmoil of the Ottoman State throughout the XIX. Century.},author={Sungur DOĞANÇAY},year={2018},journal={Journal of Turkish Studies}}