mandated territory

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

From Time Magazine Archive

After Malan's Nationalists came to power in 1948, they announced that South-West Africa was no longer a mandated territory, but an integral part of the country.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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.

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