Politics

Mandate

A system established by the League of Nations under which former German colonies and Ottoman provinces were administered by a victorious power on the League's behalf. Class A mandates, in the Middle East, were deemed near independence, while Class C territories, in the Pacific and South West Africa, were treated as part of the mandatory power.

Mentioned in

• Chapter VI The Year of Revolutions §10 Baghdad, Beersheba and Jerusalem
• Chapter VIII The Reckoning and the Remaking Overview§2 Paris, 1919: The Peacemakers and the League§3 The Treaty of Versailles§4 The Other Treaties and the New Map§8 Mandates, Sèvres and the Making of Turkey§9 Empire, Independence and the Wilsonian Moment
• Chapter XIII A World on Fire §2 Togoland, Kamerun and South West Africa§4 Tsingtao, the Pacific and the Emden§10 Legacies: Nationalism After the War