1923 in Mandatory Palestine

1923 in the British Mandate of Palestine
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See also: 1923 in the United Kingdom Other events of 1923

Events in the year 1923 in the British Mandate of Palestine.

Incumbents

• High Commissioner - Sir Herbert Louis Samuel
• Emir of Transjordan - Abdullah I bin al-Hussein
• Prime Minister of Transjordan - 'Ali Rida Basha al-Rikabi until 1 February; Mazhar Raslan (acting prime minister) until 5 September; Hasan Khalid Abu al-Huda

Events

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• 15 May - Britain recognizes Transjordan as an independent government, although it still remains part of the British Mandate of Palestine.
• 26 September - The British Mandate for Palestine, a legal instrument for the administration of Palestine, confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations on 24 July 1922, comes into effect.

Unknown dates

• The founding of the moshava Ir Shalom (Hebrew: עִיר שָׁלוֹם‎‎, lit. City of Peace) by a group of Jewish immigrants from Poland.^[1]

Notable births

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• 6 March - Gideon Ben-Yisrael, Israeli politician.
• 10 March - Shmuel Tamir, Israeli politician (died 1987).
• 12 September - Aviad Yafeh, Israeli politician (died 1977).
• 9 October - Haim Gouri, Israeli poet, novelist, journalist and documentary filmmaker.

Notable deaths

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References

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