British administration in Transjordan

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The British administration in Transjordan was the colonial governing authority established by Britain after World War I to oversee and manage the Emirate of Transjordan under a mandate system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British mandate administration
colonial administration
appliesToEthnicGroup Arab population of Transjordan
appliesToJurisdiction League of Nations mandate for Palestine east of the Jordan River
appliesToTerritory Emirate of Transjordan
Transjordan
basedOn League of Nations mandate system
capital Amman
controls defence of Transjordan
foreign policy of Transjordan
country United Kingdom
endCause establishment of the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan
independence of Transjordan
endTime 1946
followedBy independent government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan
follows Ottoman administration in Transjordan
grantsAutonomyTo Hashemite Emirate of Transjordan
hasCommander John Bagot Glubb
hasGovernmentType indirect rule
protectorate-like arrangement
hasHeadOfGovernment Emir Abdullah I of Transjordan
hasLegalBasis Article 25 of the Mandate for Palestine
League of Nations Council decisions on Transjordan
hasMilitary British forces in Transjordan
hasPurpose oversight and management of the Emirate of Transjordan under mandate system
hasRepresentative British High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan
British Resident in Amman
headOfState Edward VIII
George V
George VI
implementsPolicy British Middle East policy
mandate policy of the League of Nations
influences internal administration of Transjordan
legalForm mandate administration
locatedIn Fertile Crescent
locatedInTimePeriod World War II
interwar period
oversees Emirate of Transjordan
partOf British Empire
British Mandate for Palestine
precededBy British military occupation of Transjordan
region Middle East
significantEvent Cairo Conference of 1921
appointment of Abdullah I as Emir of Transjordan
startTime 1921
supportsCreationOf Arab Legion
usesLanguage Arabic
English

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High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan hasAuthorityOver British administration in Transjordan
Air Officer Commanding Palestine and Transjordan historicalContext British imperial military administration in the Middle East
linked to: British administration in Transjordan
League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces includedMandate British Mandate for Transjordan
linked to: British administration in Transjordan
British administration in Transjordan precededBy British military occupation of Transjordan
linked to: British administration in Transjordan
John Bagot Glubb employer Government of Transjordan
linked to: British administration in Transjordan
Frederick Peake employer Government of Transjordan
linked to: British administration in Transjordan
Transjordan Frontier Force employer Government of the British Mandate of Transjordan
linked to: British administration in Transjordan