British Mandate for Palestine (1920–1948)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_Mandate_for_Palestine_(1920–1948)

GPTKB entity

Statements (101)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	mandate territory
gptkbp:administeredBy	gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:High_Commissioner_for_Palestine
gptkbp:area	26,625 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy	gptkb:Egypt gptkb:Lebanon gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea gptkb:Red_Sea gptkb:Syria gptkb:Transjordan
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Jerusalem
gptkbp:coatOfArms	Coat of arms of the British Mandate for Palestine
gptkbp:confirmedBy	gptkb:League_of_Nations
gptkbp:createdBy	gptkb:San_Remo_conference
gptkbp:currency	gptkb:Palestine_pound
gptkbp:demonym	gptkb:Israeli Palestine Mandate citizen
gptkbp:dividedInto	gptkb:United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_181
gptkbp:endDate	1948
gptkbp:flag	gptkb:Flag_of_the_British_Mandate_for_Palestine
gptkbp:governingDocument	Palestine Order in Council 1922
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	British Mandate for Palestine (1920–1948)
gptkbp:legalBasis	gptkb:League_of_Nations_Mandate
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Middle_East
gptkbp:majorCity	gptkb:Haifa gptkb:Hebron gptkb:Jaffa gptkb:Jerusalem gptkb:Safed gptkb:Tiberias gptkb:Nablus gptkb:Acre gptkb:Gaza Beersheba
gptkbp:notableCase	gptkb:White_Paper_of_1939 Palestine Citizenship Order 1925
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:1948_Arab–Israeli_War gptkb:UN_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine gptkb:Balfour_Declaration gptkb:Arab_Revolt_(1936–1939)
gptkbp:notableOrganization	gptkb:Haganah gptkb:Irgun gptkb:Grand_Mufti_of_Jerusalem gptkb:Palestine_Police_Force gptkb:Arab_Higher_Committee gptkb:Jewish_Agency_for_Palestine gptkb:Lehi_(Stern_Gang)
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Haj_Amin_al-Husseini gptkb:Chaim_Weizmann gptkb:David_Ben-Gurion gptkb:Golda_Meir gptkb:Moshe_Dayan gptkb:Yitzhak_Rabin gptkb:Eliyahu_Meridor gptkb:Chaim_Arlosoroff gptkb:Jamal_al-Husayni gptkb:Eliyahu_Koren gptkb:Menachem_Begin gptkb:Moshe_Sharett gptkb:Yigal_Allon gptkb:Yitzhak_Sadeh gptkb:Yitzhak_Shamir gptkb:Abdullah_I_of_Jordan gptkb:Avraham_Stern gptkb:Eliyahu_Bet-Zuri gptkb:Eliyahu_Golomb gptkb:Eliyahu_Hakim gptkb:Eliyahu_Lankin gptkb:Fawzi_al-Qawuqji gptkb:Herbert_Samuel gptkb:Orde_Wingate gptkb:Yehuda_Arazi gptkb:Yosef_Sprinzak gptkb:Eliyahu_Sasson gptkb:Harold_MacMichael gptkb:Yosef_Weitz gptkb:Abd_al-Qadir_al-Husayni gptkb:Arthur_Wauchope gptkb:John_Vereker,_6th_Viscount_Gort gptkb:Musa_Alami gptkb:Eliyahu_Eilat Eliyahu Elath Eliyahu Kitov Eliyahu Moyal Eliyahu Zeira Jabotinsky
gptkbp:officialLanguage	gptkb:Arabic gptkb:Hebrew English
gptkbp:population	1,764,520
gptkbp:populationCensusYear	1945
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Christianity gptkb:Islam gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:startDate	1920
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Jordan gptkb:State_of_Israel gptkb:Gaza_Strip_(Egyptian_administration)
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:British_occupation_authorities
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7