Al-Wathbah uprising

Al-Wathbah uprising
DateJanuary 1948
Location
Result
  • Restoration of order
  • More demonstrations in spring 1948
Belligerents
Iraq Iraqi Police
Commanders and leaders
Iraq Faisal II
Iraq Nuri al-Said
Yusuf Salman Yusuf (Fahd)
Casualties and losses
300-400 killed

The Al-Wathbah uprising (Arabic: انتفاضة الوثبة) or simply Al-Wathbah (Arabic: الوثبة), which means The Leap in Arabic, was the term that came to be used for the urban unrest in Baghdad in January 1948. The protests were sparked by the monarchy's plans to renew the 1930 Anglo-Iraqi Treaty that effectively made Iraq a British protectorate. Nuri al-Said, the Prime Minister of Iraq, was planning on renewing, albeit in a revised form, this 1930 treaty that tied Iraq to British interests, allowed for the unrestricted movement of British troops on Iraqi soil, and provided significant protection to the British-installed Iraqi monarchy.