Mandatory Palestine

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League of Nations mandate former British-administered territory

Mandatory Palestine was a British-administered territory in the Middle East from 1920 to 1948, established under a League of Nations mandate and encompassing the land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.

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All labels observed (17)

Label Occurrences
Mandatory Palestine canonical 237
British Mandate of Palestine 33
Palestine 33

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf League of Nations mandate ⓘ
former British-administered territory ⓘ
administeredBy United Kingdom ⓘ
administrativeDivision districts ⓘ
borderedBy Egypt ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Transjordan ⓘ
capital Jerusalem ⓘ
colonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
containsCoast Mediterranean coast ⓘ
containsLake Sea of Galilee ⓘ
containsRegion Galilee ⓘ
Judea ⓘ
Negev desert ⓘ
surface form: Negev

Samaria ⓘ
containsRiver Jordan River ⓘ
containsSea Dead Sea ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
countryType mandated territory ⓘ
currency Palestine pound ⓘ
demographicGroup Palestinian ⓘ
surface form: Arab Palestinians

Christian communities ⓘ
Jewish population ⓘ
endDate 1948 ⓘ
endEvent termination of British Mandate ⓘ
endEventDate 1948-05-14 ⓘ
establishedBy League of Nations ⓘ
governingBody British authorities in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
surface form: British Mandate authorities
highCommissioner Alan Cunningham ⓘ
Arthur Grenfell Wauchope ⓘ
Harold MacMichael ⓘ
Herbert Samuel ⓘ
includedTerritoryUntil1921 Transjordan ⓘ
legalBasis British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
surface form: League of Nations Mandate for Palestine
locatedIn Middle East ⓘ
majorCity Acre ⓘ
Gaza Strip ⓘ
surface form: Gaza

Haifa ⓘ
Hebron ⓘ
Jaffa ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
Nablus ⓘ
mandateConfirmedBy Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
mandateConfirmedDate 1922 ⓘ
officialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
partitionPlanDate 1947-11-29 ⓘ
partitionPlanResolution United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine ⓘ
surface form: UN General Assembly Resolution 181
partitionProposal United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine ⓘ
predecessor Occupied Enemy Territory Administration ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
relatedConflict Arab–Israeli War of 1948 ⓘ
surface form: 1947–1949 Palestine war

1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine ⓘ
surface form: Arab revolt in Palestine (1936–1939)
startDate 1920 ⓘ
successor All-Palestine Government ⓘ
Kingdom of Jordan ⓘ
surface form: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Israel ⓘ
surface form: State of Israel

Referenced by (322)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manchester Regiment → servedInTheatre → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palestine
Meir Dizengoff → citizenship → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Meir Dizengoff → placeOfDeath → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Meir Dizengoff → countryOfResidence → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Beersheba → wasImportantInPeriod → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Emil Ghuri → countryOfActivity → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine → location → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine → country → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Awni Abd al-Hadi → countryOfCitizenship → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Zohar Manna → countryOfBirth → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Haj Amin al-Husseini → activeIn → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Haj Amin al-Husseini → citizenship → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Yitzhak Shamir → immigratedTo → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Histadrut → operatedDuring → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Resolution 181 (II) → territorialScope → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
subject surface form: United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 (II)
United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine → appliesToJurisdiction → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palestine
United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine → namedAfter → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palestine
Erich Mendelsohn → countryOfCitizenship → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Moshe Shapira (HaPoel HaMizrachi) → countryOfCitizenship → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Moshe Shapira (HaPoel HaMizrachi) → historicalPeriod → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Saadia Kobashi → politicalActivityLocation → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Occupied Enemy Territory Administration → appliesToJurisdiction → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palestine
Palestine pound → countryOrRegionOfUse → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Palestine pound → usedIn → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: British-administered Palestine
Palestine Post → operatedInTerritory → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Palestine Police Force → country → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Palestine Police Force → operatedIn → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Palestine Police Force → historicalPeriod → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Mandate period in Palestine
Palestine Railways → country → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Palestine Railways → operatedIn → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Palestine Railways → ownedBy → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Palestine (British Mandate)
Palestine Airways → country → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Palestine Airways → operatedIn → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine
Palestine Airways → historicalContext → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Mandate period in Palestine
Provisional Government of Israel → appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Berl Katznelson → placeOfDeath → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Berl Katznelson → countryOfDeath → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Berl Katznelson → citizenship → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Ramla → partOf → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mandatory Palestine (historical)
Rabbi Yehuda Leib Maimon → countryOfCitizenship → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
subject surface form: Yehuda Leib Maimon
Egyptian military administration → locatedIn → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palestine
Aharon Zisling → countryOfCitizenship → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Mordechai Bentov → countryOfCitizenship → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Mordechai Bentov → immigratedTo → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Rachel Cohen-Kagan → countryOfCitizenship → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Haim-Moshe Shapira → countryOfCitizenship → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Rafah refugee camp → hasRefugeePopulationFrom → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: former Mandatory Palestine
Yitzhak Gruenbaum → immigratedTo → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Zerach Warhaftig → movedTo → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Rafah → historicalControl → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Mandate of Palestine