mandated territory

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For almost 25 years the French ruled Syria as mandated territory, leaving behind some culture and much hatred.

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They had been defeated by air power and sea power, but they were still in physical possession of 2.500,000 or more square miles of Allied and mandated territory.

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The usual sullen calm lay last week over the Biblical lands of Gilead, Moab and Ammon where King David once fought Absalom and where the British Crown now rules the mandated territory of Transjordan.

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During the week some excitement was caused by the movement of a Turkish force across part of the French mandated territory and into the Mosul region.

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Rabaul stands for the mandated territory of tropical New Guinea, formerly in German possession, and now allocated to the Commonwealth.

From Down Under With the Prince by Duncan, Sara Jeannette