Occupied Enemy Territory Administration

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British military administration military government

The Occupied Enemy Territory Administration was a British military government established during World War I to administer former Ottoman territories in the Levant before the creation of the British Mandate for Palestine and other civil mandates.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Occupied Enemy Territory Administration East	1
Occupied Enemy Territory Administration North	1
Occupied Enemy Territory Administration South	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British military administration ⓘ military government ⓘ
administeredBy	British Army ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Cilicia ⓘ surface form: Cilicia (for a limited period and areas) Occupied Enemy Territory East ⓘ Occupied Enemy Territory North ⓘ Occupied Enemy Territory South ⓘ Mandatory Palestine ⓘ surface form: Palestine Jordan ⓘ surface form: Transjordan areas captured by the British Egyptian Expeditionary Force from the Ottoman Empire ⓘ former Ottoman territories in the Levant ⓘ parts of Lebanon ⓘ parts of Syria ⓘ southern Syria ⓘ southern portion of former Ottoman Syria ⓘ territories allocated to Britain and France under the Sykes–Picot Agreement (in part) ⓘ
basedOn	laws and customs of war regarding military occupation ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing	San Remo Conference ⓘ surface form: San Remo Conference decisions establishment of League of Nations mandates in the Middle East ⓘ
endTime	1920 ⓘ
establishedAfter	British conquest of Ottoman territories in the Levant ⓘ
followedBy	civil mandate administrations ⓘ
governingBody	British Egyptian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
hasLanguage	Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
hasPart	Occupied Enemy Territory Administration self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Occupied Enemy Territory Administration East Occupied Enemy Territory Administration self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Occupied Enemy Territory Administration North Occupied Enemy Territory Administration self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Occupied Enemy Territory Administration South
hasPurpose	administration of occupied enemy territory ⓘ maintenance of order and security in occupied Levantine territories ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Jerusalem ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late Ottoman and post-Ottoman transition in the Levant ⓘ
legalStatus	military occupation regime ⓘ
locatedInTime	World War I ⓘ
natureOfStatement	temporary administration pending final settlement of territories ⓘ
partOf	Allied occupation of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ British military occupation of former Ottoman Empire territories ⓘ
replacedBy	British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ Kingdom of Jordan ⓘ surface form: Emirate of Transjordan French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon ⓘ surface form: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon
significantEvent	transition to League of Nations mandates ⓘ
startEvent	capture of Jerusalem by British forces ⓘ
startTime	1917 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Occupied Enemy Territory Administration → hasPart → Occupied Enemy Territory Administration self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Occupied Enemy Territory Administration South

Occupied Enemy Territory Administration → hasPart → Occupied Enemy Territory Administration self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Occupied Enemy Territory Administration East

Occupied Enemy Territory Administration → hasPart → Occupied Enemy Territory Administration self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Occupied Enemy Territory Administration North

British Mandate for Palestine → precededBy → Occupied Enemy Territory Administration ⓘ