1920 CE–1922 CE
Mandates turn occupation into international trusteeship
British Empire · Colonization & sovereignty · Resistance & colonized agency · Law & imperial government · Decolonization & independence
San Remo assigned Britain mandates over Iraq and Palestine, with Transjordan administered within the Palestine framework under the League of Nations system. In Iraq, a broad tribal, clerical, and urban revolt against occupation and taxation was suppressed; its cost encouraged monarchy and indirect rule under Faisal
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