Mewat Land Ordinance

A “civil government” is formed, replacing the British military administration of Palestine (Occupied Enemy Territory Administration South).

Ottoman representatives coming from occupied Istanbul sign the Treaty of Sèvres as dictated by the Allied Powers.

The British authorities pass an ordinance to control acquisition of mahlul land.

Together with reopening the Land Registry Offices that were closed in November 1918, the British issue the ordinance that authorizes dispositions of land but under strict conditions, to curb land...

French and British representatives sign in Paris a convention to regulate boundary-related adopts resulting from the distribution of mandates to their respective countries over territories that were...

British authorities establish the Palestine Police as a civilian police force, laying out its structure, powers, and duties and the guidelines for appointing, promoting, disciplining, and dismissing...

Following the Cairo Conference and the Churchill –Abdullah understanding reached in Jerusalem in March 1921, Abdullah creates on 11 April an eight-member government, called Council of Advisers (majlis...

Muhammad Amin al-Husseini is elected mufti of Jerusalem after the death of his elder brother Kamel al-Husseini, who had held this position.

The commission finds that the disturbances in Jaffa and its neighborhood were spontaneous and not planned.

Faced with widespread discontent from both Arab and Zionist organizations on the 1920 Land Transfer Ordinance, the British decide to remove all restrictions on the disposition of land, except for...