Occupied Enemy Territory Administration

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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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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British military administration
military government
administeredBy British Army
appliesToJurisdiction Cilicia (for a limited period and areas)
linked to: Cilicia

Occupied Enemy Territory East
Occupied Enemy Territory North
Occupied Enemy Territory South
Palestine
linked to: Mandatory Palestine

Transjordan
linked to: Jordan

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 decisions
linked to: San Remo Conference

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 East
Occupied Enemy Territory Administration North
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
Emirate of Transjordan
linked to: Kingdom of Jordan

French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon
significantEvent transition to League of Nations mandates
startEvent capture of Jerusalem by British forces
startTime 1917

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Referenced by (11)

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

British Mandate for Palestine precededBy Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
Occupied Enemy Territory Administration hasPart Occupied Enemy Territory Administration South
linked to: Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
Occupied Enemy Territory Administration hasPart Occupied Enemy Territory Administration East
linked to: Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
Occupied Enemy Territory Administration hasPart Occupied Enemy Territory Administration North
linked to: Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
Mandatory Palestine predecessor Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem followedBy Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
Occupied Enemy Territory South partOf Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
Occupied Enemy Territory North partOf Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
Alawite State precededBy Occupied Enemy Territory Administration in Syria
linked to: Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
State of Aleppo predecessor Occupied Enemy Territory Administration in Syria
linked to: Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate followedBy Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (OETA) in Syria and Lebanon
linked to: Occupied Enemy Territory Administration