1959 Mosul uprising

1959 Mosul Uprising
Part of the Arab Cold War and Aftermath of the 14 July Revolution
1959 Mosul uprising is located in Iraq
Mosul
Mosul
Date7–11 March 1959
Location
Result

Attempted coup fails

Belligerents
Iraq Iraqi Government
Arab nationalists
Supported by:
 United Arab Republic[3][4][5]
 United States[6]
Commanders and leaders
Iraq Abd al-Karim Qasim
Kamil Kazanchi 
Abd al-Wahab al-Shawaf 
Saddam Hussein
Arab Revolt Ahmed Ajil 
United Arab Republic Gamal Abdel Nasser
Casualties and losses
2,426[7]

The 1959 Mosul Uprising was an attempted coup by Arab nationalists in Mosul who wished to depose the then Iraqi Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Qasim, and install an Arab nationalist government which would then join the Republic of Iraq with the United Arab Republic. Following the failure of the coup, law and order broke down in Mosul, which witnessed several days of violent street battles between various groups attempting to use the chaos to settle political and personal scores.

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  2. ^ Mohammed Mughisuddin (1977), [1] p. 153
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  7. ^ Podeh, Elie (1999). The Decline of Arab Unity: The Rise and Fall of the United Arab Republic. Sussex Academic Press. p. 85. ISBN 1-902210-20-4.