Percy Zachariah Cox
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Sir Percy Zachariah Cox (20 November 1864 - 20 February 1937) was a British administrator and diplomat in the British Mandate of Iraq. He was born in Herongate, Essex, England and died in Melchbourne, Bedfordshire, England.
He established the Iraqi army and constitution. He replaced Sir Arnold Wilson as the British Civil Commissioner in Baghdad in 1920. In 1902, he was adviser to the Sultan of Oman.
Nickname: 'Coccus' He replaced Sir Charles Marling as Minister at Tehran from the Indian Political Service and wrote the Anglo-Persian Agreement of 1919.
He established the Iraqi army and created the individual state of Kuwait. Kuwait was an autonomous caza within the Ottoman Empire which was setup in the Anglo-Ottoman Convention of 1913.
[edit] References
J. Townsend, Some reflections on the life and career of Sir Percy Cox, G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., K.C.S.I., Asian Affairs, Volume 24, Number 3, Number 3/November 1993, pp. 259-272(14)
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