mandated territory
Example Sentences
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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.
From Time Magazine Archive
For almost 25 years the French ruled Syria as mandated territory, leaving behind some culture and much hatred.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
Any Prime Minister gratuitously offering to return this mandated territory to Germany would swiftly, surely be voted out of office.
From Time Magazine Archive
As early as 1947, a special “Palestine Committee” of the United Nations solicited the views of the Guardian on the future of that mandated territory.
From Century of Light by Baha'i International Community
