Palestine Mandate

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf League of Nations mandate
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:area approximately 27,000 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:Lebanon
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:Syria
gptkb:Transjordan
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Jerusalem
gptkbp:createdBy gptkb:League_of_Nations
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Palestine_pound
gptkbp:dissolved gptkb:United_Nations_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine
gptkbp:documentation gptkb:Treaty_of_Sèvres
gptkb:San_Remo_conference
gptkb:Treaty_of_Lausanne
gptkbp:endDate 1948
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:governor gptkb:John_Chancellor
gptkb:Alan_Cunningham
gptkb:Herbert_Samuel
gptkb:Arthur_Grenfell_Wauchope
gptkb:Harold_MacMichael
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Palestine Mandate
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Hebrew
English
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Haifa
gptkb:Hebron
gptkb:Jaffa
gptkb:Safed
gptkb:Tel_Aviv
gptkb:Tiberias
gptkb:Nablus
gptkb:Acre
gptkb:Gaza
Beersheba
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Mandate_for_Palestine
gptkbp:population about 1.9 million (1947)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
gptkbp:purpose protection of civil and religious rights of all inhabitants
implementation of Balfour Declaration
establishment of a national home for the Jewish people
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:1947–1949_Palestine_war
gptkb:White_Paper_of_1939
gptkb:Arab_Revolt_(1936–1939)
gptkb:Peel_Commission
gptkbp:startDate 1920
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Gaza_Strip
gptkb:Jordan
gptkb:State_of_Israel
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Orthodox_Judaism
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4