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TheJerusalem Subdistrict was one of thesubdistricts of Mandatory Palestine. It was located in and around the city ofJerusalem. After the1948 Arab–Israeli War, on theIsraeli side of theGreen Line, the district was integrated into theJerusalem District. On the other side, theWest Bank wasannexed into Jordan, the subdistrict was merged withRamallah Subdistrict to formJerusalem Governorate, one of three Jordanian governorates in the West Bank.^[1]

In 1917 after theBattle of Jerusalem, theBritish Army, led byGeneral Edmund Allenby, captured the city.^[3] In 1922, theLeague of Nations at theConference of Lausanne entrusted the United Kingdom toadministerPalestine, neighbouringTransjordan, andIraq beyond it.

The British had to deal with a conflicting demand that was rooted in Ottoman rule. Agreements for the supply of water, electricity, and the construction of a tramway system—all under concessions granted by the Ottoman authorities—had been signed by the city of Jerusalem and a Greek citizen, Euripides Mavromatis, on 27 January 1914. Work under these concessions had not begun and, by the end of the war the British occupying forces refused to recognize their validity. Mavromatis claimed that his concessions overlapped with the Auja Concession that the government had awarded to Rutenberg in 1921 and that he had been deprived of his legal rights. The Mavromatis concession, in effect despite earlier British attempts to abolish it, covered Jerusalem and other localities (e.g., Bethlehem) within a radius of 20 km (12 mi) around the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.^[4]

From 1922 to 1948 the total population of the city rose from 52,000 to 165,000, comprising two-thirds Jews and one-third Arabs (Muslims and Christians).^[5] Relations between Arab Christians and Muslims and the growing Jewish population in Jerusalem deteriorated, resulting in recurring unrest. In Jerusalem, in particular,Arab riots occurred in 1920 andin 1929. Under the British, new garden suburbs were built in the western and northern parts of the city^[6][7] and institutions of higher learning such as theHebrew University were founded.^[8]

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