League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces

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The League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces were a system of international administration, primarily by Britain and France, that governed much of the Arab Middle East after World War I and laid the groundwork for several modern states.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf League of Nations mandate system
international administration regime
administeredPrimarilyBy France
United Kingdom
aimedTo prepare territories for eventual independence
appliedToTerritoriesOf former Ottoman Empire Arab provinces
approvedBy Council of the League of Nations
associatedWithConcept self-determination of peoples
beganAfterEvent dissolution of the Ottoman Empire
characterizedBy indirect colonial rule
international oversight
limited local self-government
classifiedAs Class A mandates
contributedTo modern borders in the Levant and Mesopotamia
createdUnder Covenant of the League of Nations
criticizedFor ignoring many local nationalist aspirations
perpetuating European imperial control
endedWithProcess decolonization in the Middle East
geographicScope Arab world
surface form: Arab Middle East

Fertile Crescent
historicalConsequence institutional foundations of several Arab states
long-term regional conflicts over borders and sovereignty
includedMandate British Iraq Mandate
surface form: British Mandate for Iraq

British Iraq Mandate
surface form: British Mandate for Mesopotamia

British Mandate for Palestine
British administration in Transjordan
surface form: British Mandate for Transjordan

French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
surface form: French Mandate for Lebanon

French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
surface form: French Mandate for Syria

French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
surface form: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon
influencedCreationOfState Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Lebanon
Palestinian territories
Syria
involvedIssue minority protection regimes
status of Jerusalem
involvedPower Hashemite leadership in Iraq and Transjordan
justifiedByDoctrineOf sacred trust of civilisation
languageOfAdministration English
French
legalBasisArticle Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations
relatedToAgreement Sykes–Picot Agreement
relatedToDeclaration Balfour Declaration
surface form: Balfour Declaration of 1917
successorFramework Trusteeship Council
surface form: United Nations trusteeship system
supervisedBy League of Nations Permanent Mandates Commission
timePeriod post–World War I era

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Treaty of Sèvres recognized League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces
Saarland historicalStatus League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces
this entity surface form: League of Nations mandate territory
Danzig gulden associatedWith League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces
this entity surface form: League of Nations mandate
Advisory Opinion on the Nationality Decrees in Tunis and Morocco subjectMatter League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces
this entity surface form: League of Nations mandate system
Advisory Opinion on the International Status of South-West Africa legalContext League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces
this entity surface form: League of Nations mandate system
Advisory Opinion on the Jurisdiction of the Courts of Danzig relatedTo League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces
this entity surface form: League of Nations mandate system
San Remo Conference mainSubject League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces
this entity surface form: League of Nations mandates in the Middle East
San Remo Conference relatedTo League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces
this entity surface form: League of Nations mandate system
French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon legalBasis League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces
this entity surface form: League of Nations mandate system
British Iraq Mandate legalBasis League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces
this entity surface form: League of Nations mandate system
Sykes–Picot Agreement influenced League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces
this entity surface form: League of Nations mandates in the Middle East
German East Africa legalStatusAfterWWI League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces
this entity surface form: League of Nations mandate territories
Supernumerary Police timePeriod League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces
this entity surface form: British Mandate era
Kut-al-Amara historicalEra League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces
this entity surface form: British Mandate period