Mandatory Palestine

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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.

All labels observed (30)

How this entity was disambiguated

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 of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: United Kingdom
containsCoast Mediterranean coast ⓘ
containsLake Sea of Galilee ⓘ
containsRegion Galilee ⓘ
Judea ⓘ
Negev ⓘ
linked to: Negev desert

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

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

Haifa ⓘ
Hebron ⓘ
Jaffa ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
Nablus ⓘ
mandateConfirmedBy Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
mandateConfirmedDate 1922 ⓘ
officialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
partitionPlanDate 1947-11-29 ⓘ
partitionPlanResolution UN General Assembly Resolution 181 ⓘ
partitionProposal United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine ⓘ
predecessor Occupied Enemy Territory Administration ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
relatedConflict 1947–1949 Palestine war ⓘ
Arab revolt in Palestine (1936–1939) ⓘ
startDate 1920 ⓘ
successor All-Palestine Government ⓘ
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Jordan

State of Israel ⓘ
linked to: Israel

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (594)

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

Manchester Regiment → servedInTheatre → Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Meir Dizengoff → citizenship → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Meir Dizengoff → placeOfDeath → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Meir Dizengoff → countryOfResidence → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Beersheba → wasImportantInPeriod → British Mandate of Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Emil Ghuri → countryOfActivity → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine → location → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine → country → British Mandate of Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Mandatory 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 → British Mandate of Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 (II) → territorialScope → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
subject linked to: Resolution 181 (II)
United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine → appliesToJurisdiction → Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine → namedAfter → Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Erich Mendelsohn → countryOfCitizenship → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Moshe Shapira (HaPoel HaMizrachi) → historicalPeriod → British Mandate of Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Saadia Kobashi → politicalActivityLocation → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Occupied Enemy Territory Administration → appliesToJurisdiction → Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Palestine pound → countryOrRegionOfUse → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Palestine pound → usedIn → British-administered Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Palestine Post → operatedInTerritory → British Mandate of Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Palestine Police Force → country → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Palestine Police Force → operatedIn → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Palestine Police Force → historicalPeriod → British Mandate period in Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Palestine Railways → country → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Palestine Railways → operatedIn → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Palestine Railways → ownedBy → Government of Palestine (British Mandate) ⓘ
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Palestine Airways → country → British Mandate of Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Palestine Airways → operatedIn → British Mandate of Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Palestine Airways → historicalContext → British Mandate period in Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Berl Katznelson → placeOfDeath → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Berl Katznelson → countryOfDeath → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Berl Katznelson → citizenship → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Ramla → partOf → Mandatory Palestine (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Yehuda Leib Maimon → countryOfCitizenship → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
subject linked to: Rabbi Yehuda Leib Maimon
Egyptian military administration → locatedIn → Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Mandatory 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 → former Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
Yitzhak Gruenbaum → immigratedTo → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Zerach Warhaftig → movedTo → Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Rafah → historicalControl → British Mandate of Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Mandatory Palestine