Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir

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...

The Mandate restricted Palestinian access to uncultivated or grazing land through the Mewat Land Ordinance.

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...

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...

The Collective Responsibility for Crime Ordinance allows Mandate authorities to hold entire villages or tribes responsible for crimes committed by “persons unknown” and thus to impose collective fines...

At a time when the Palestinian delegation in London makes its case against the Balfour Declaration, Winston Churchill, then-Secretary of State for the Colonies, publishes a White Paper detailing the...