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Part of Ottoman Syria, 1917–1920

Not to be confused withOccupied Enemy Territory Administration (Ethiopia).

Occupied Enemy Territory Administration

Administration du territoire ennemi occupé (French)
إدارة أراضي العدو المحتلة (Arabic)
Idarat aradi al-ʿadui al-muhtala

1917–1920

Flags of France and the United Kingdom, as well as the flag of the Arab administration in OETA-East

Area of the OETA, according to the British Government'sHistory of the Great War Based on Official Documents^[1]

Status

Occupied territory

Common languages

Arabic,Hebrew,Ottoman Turkish,English,French

Administrators

History

• Established

23 October 1917

• San Remo conference

19 to 26 April 1920

• Disestablished

1920

Preceded by

Succeeded by

	Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate
	Damascus Vilayet
	Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem
	Beirut Vilayet
	Aleppo Vilayet
	Adana Vilayet

Arab Kingdom of Syria
Mandatory Palestine
Greater Lebanon
Alawite State
Turkey

TheOccupied Enemy Territory Administration (OETA) was ajoint British, French and Arab military administration over theLevantine provinces – which had been part of theOttoman Empire for four centuries – between 1918 and 1920, set up on 23 October 1918^[2] following theSinai and Palestine Campaign andArab Revolt ofWorld War I.^[3] Although it was declared by the British military, who were in control of the region, it was preceded on 30 September 1918 by the1918 Anglo-French Modus Vivendi, in which it was agreed that the British would give the French control in certain areas, and theHashemites were given joint control of the Eastern area perT. E. Lawrence's November 1918 "Sharifian plan".^[4]

Following the occupation of theAdana Vilayet (the region of Cilicia) in December 1918, a new territory, OETA North, was set up.^[5] The administration ended in OETA West and OETA South in 1920, following the assignment of theMandate for Syria and the Lebanon andBritish Mandate for Palestine at the 19–26 April 1920San Remo conference.^[6]

In OETA East, British administration ended following the withdrawal of British forces from the territory in November 1919, and the subsequent declaration of theArab Kingdom of Syria over the same area. The area was split into two after theFrench defeated King Faisal in July 1920; the northern part of the territory was combined with the French-administered OETA West, and the southern part became ano man's land and later became theEmirate of Transjordan.^[7]

Due to the success of theTurkish War of Independence,Marash,Aintab andUrfa sanjaks of formerAleppo Vilayet remained part ofTurkey after 1921. Also, theAntakya andİskenderun kazas ofAleppo Sanjak were collectively detached as theRepublic of Hatay in 1938; which was then annexed by Turkey after adisputed referendum in 1939.

History

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Initiation

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On 23 October 1918, following the British and Arab forces' defeat of theOttoman Empire,Field Marshal Edmund Allenby announced thatOttoman Syria was to be split into three administrative sub-units, which varied very little from the previous Ottoman divisions:^[8]^[9]

OETA South, consisting of the OttomanMutasarrifate of Jerusalem and thesanjaks ofNablus andAcre. This was the first administrative definition of what was to becomeMandatory Palestine;^[10]
OETA West (originallyOETA North, renamed two months later) consisting of the OttomanBeirut Vilayet, theMount Lebanon Mutasarrifate, theSanjak of Latakia, and a number of sub-districts; and
OETA East consisting of the OttomanDamascus Vilayet and the southern part of theAleppo Vilayet. The governors of Aleppo were later to sponsor theOccupation of Zor. Thearea of Ma'an and Aqaba was administered by OETA East and claimed by the Hejaz.

In December 1918, following the occupation of the region ofCilicia, a new territory was set up.^[5]

OETA North, consisting of theAdana Vilayet

Later events

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King–Crane Commission OETA population estimates
	South	West	East	Totals
Muslim	515,000	600,000	1,250,000	2,365,000
Christian	62,500	400,000	125,000	587,500
Druze		60,000	80,000	140,000
Jewish	65,000	15,000	30,000	110,000
Other	5,000	20,000	20,000	45,000
Totals	647,500	1,095,000	1,505,000	3,247,500

Results of theKing–Crane Commission Petitions received from OETA South (became Palestine), OETA West (became Lebanon and Western Syria) and OETA East (became Syria and Transjordan); it has been described as "the first-ever survey of Arab public opinion".^[11]

Under this administration the immediate needs of the people were provided for, seed grain and live-stock were imported and distributed, finance on easy terms was made available through the Army bankers, a stable currency was set up and postal services restored.^[12] Allenby insisted that as long as military administration was required, it was to remain his responsibility.^[13]

Military administrators

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OETA South chief administrators

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The area was divided into four districts: Jerusalem, Jaffa, Majdal and Beersheba, each under a military governor. Both of the first two British administrators, Generals Money and Watson, were removed by London for not favouring the Zionists over the Arabs;^[14] when the OETA administration ended, Liberal party politician (and former British Home Secretary)Herbert Samuel was installed as the first civilian administrator.^[14] Samuel recorded his acceptance of the role, and the end of military administration, in an often-quoted document: "Received from Major-General Sir Louis J. Bols K.C.B.—One Palestine, complete."^[15]

OETA East administrators

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OETA East was a joint Arab-British military administration. The Arab and British armies entered Damascus on 1 October 1918, and on 3 October 1918 Ali Rida al-Rikabi was appointed Military Governor of OETA East.^[16]^[17] Prince Faisal son of King Hussain ofMecca entered Damascus as on 4 October and appointed Rikabi Chief of the Council of Directors (i.e. prime minister) of Syria.

The boundary definition of OETA East left uncertainties to the south and east, leading to competing claims from theKingdom of Hejaz and Occupied Iraq respectively – seeOccupation of Ma'an andOccupation of Zor for further details.

Rida al-Rikabi (3 October 1918 – 26 November 1919)^[18]

OETA North (West) administrators

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Marie Antoine Philpin de Piépape (7 October 1918 – 19 November 1918)
Jules Camille Hamelin (19 November 1918 – 21 November 1919)
François Georges Barb (21 November 1919 – 1 September 1920)

OETA North (Cilicia) administrators

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Édouard Brémond^[5]

No.	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Term of office			Ref.
No.	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Major general Arthur Wigram Money (1866–1951)	June 1918	June 1919	1 year
2		Major general Harry Davis Watson (1866–1945)	June 1919	December 1919	6 months
3		Lieutenant general Louis Bols (1867–1930)	January 1920	July 1920	6 months

Initiation and administration

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The OETA was established on 23 October 1918, under the accepted rules ofmilitary occupation, and defined as follows:

1. The enemy territory occupied by the allied troops of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force will be divided, for purposes of provisional military administration, into three areas, each in charge of a "Chief Administrator" directly responsible in all cases to the Commander-in-Chief.
The three areas and their Chief Administrators are : -
(a) "Occupied Enemy Territory (South)". - Chief Administrator, -~ General SirA. W. Money, K.C.B., C.S.I., (British). Comprises theSanjaks of Jerusalem,Nablus, andAcre.
(b) "Occupied Enemy Territory (North)". - Chief Administrator, - Colonel M.A.F.J. de Piepape, (French). Comprises theSanjaks of Beirut,Lebanon,Ladikiya and the town ofBeirut; the Kazas ofHasbiya,Rashiya,Jisr es Shaghur, Bay ofAntioch, Yeniji Kali, Im Beidan, andAlexandretta.
(c) "Occupied Enemy Territory (East)". - Chief Administrator, -Ali Riza El Rikabi (Arab). Comprises all districts East of (a) and (b) above, up to the northern limits of the Kazas ofJebel Seman andEl Bab.
2. The system of administration will be in accordance with the Laws and Usages of War as laid down in Ch. XIV, S.8,Manual of Military Law. Departures from these principles will not be permitted except with the approval of the Commander-in-Chief. As far as possible the Turkish system of government will be continued, and the existing machinery of government will be utilized.
3. The Administration will be required to provide for all necessary government services, and the extent to which these services can be developed, during the state of war, is left to the discretion of the Chief Administrator concerned.
4. As far as possible it is desired to retain Turkish administrative areas, and in this way to utilise existing Turkish records.
5. The Administration of the Ottoman Public Debt will be permitted to continue its functions, subject to the general control of the Chief Administrator.
6. TheRégie Tobacco Monopoly will likewise continue its functions under similar conditions.
7. Chief Administrators will communicate with the Commander-in-Chief through the Deputy-Adjutant General, G.H.Q., to whom all reports will be addressed.
8. Chief Administrators will submit reports on the general situation in their areas, by 15th of each month.
9. In view of the fact that the administration is military, provisional, and without prejudice to future settlement, Chief Administrators will not undertake, except in so far as is necessary for the maintenance of security and public order, any political propaganda, and will not take part in any political controversies.
— Public Record Office. W.O. 106. File 718; Secret (Telegram E.A. 1808 of 23.10.18)^[19]Available in pdf here

Disestablishment

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This draft British Telegram of September 1919, ordering the withdrawal of British troops from the French and Arab areas of the OETA, was prepared shortly after the Franco-British conference at Deauville. The line in point 5 became known as the "Deauville Line"

The OETA administrations were disestablished at different times in each of the regions, following the formal appointment of civil administrations (prior to the formal coming into force of the mandates):

OETA South: 1 July 1920,Herbert Samuel was appointed asHigh Commissioner for Palestine
OETA West: 31 August 1920,Henri Gouraud proclaimed the State ofGreater Lebanon, theAlawite State and theSanjak of Alexandretta was merged into theState of Aleppo
OETA East: 26 November 1919, when the British withdrew in favor of theEmirate of Syria.^[18]

References

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^Macmunn & Falls 1930, p. 606-607.
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^^a ^b ^cMacmunn & Falls 1930, p. 623.
^Macmunn & Falls 1930, pp. 607–609.
^Macmunn & Falls 1930, p. 609: "The Arab zone was divided into two, the southern of which became, and remains to-day, the mandated territory of Trans-Jordan, under the rule of Abdulla, Hussein's second son. At Damascus the experiment was tried of a French-protected State under Feisal, but it speedily failed. Feisal was ejected by the French in July 1920, and Zone A linked with the Blue Zone under a common administration."
^Karsh, Efraim (6 March 2000).Israel: Israel's transition from community to state. Psychology Press.ISBN 9780714649634 – via Google Books.
^Roberto Mazza (30 September 2009).Jerusalem: From the Ottomans to the British. I.B.Tauris. p. 148.ISBN 978-0-85771-393-3.
^Biger 2004, p. 53: "This initial division along the lines of the Ottoman administrative division for the purposes of military government, was in fact the first definition of an area that would later be determined as 'Palestine'"
^Zogby, James (11 July 2008)."Opinions Matter: A Lesson From History". Huffington Post.
^Keogh, E. G.; Joan Graham (1955).Suez to Aleppo. Melbourne: Directorate of Military Training by Wilkie & Co.OCLC 220029983. pp. 202–203
^Hughes, Matthew, ed. (2004).Allenby in Palestine: The Middle East Correspondence of Field Marshal Viscount Allenby June 1917 – October 1919. Army Records Society. Vol. 22. Phoenix Mill, Thrupp, Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing Ltd.ISBN 978-0-7509-3841-9. Allenby to Robertson 25 January 1918 in Hughes 2004, p. 128
^^a ^bFieldhouse, D. K. (6 April 2006).Western Imperialism in the Middle East 1914-1958. OUP Oxford. p. 198.ISBN 978-0-19-153696-0.
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^Watson, William E. (2003).Tricolor and Crescent: France and the Islamic World. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 53–.ISBN 978-0-275-97470-1.
^Tauber, Eliezer (5 March 2014).The Arab Movements in World War I. Routledge. p. 240.ISBN 978-1-135-19978-4.
^^a ^bTauber, Eliezer (13 September 2013).The Formation of Modern Iraq and Syria. Routledge. p. 30.ISBN 978-1-135-20118-0.
^Alsberg, Paul Avraham[in German] (1973). "קביעת הגבול המזרחי של ארץ ישראל (Determining the Eastern Boundary of the Land of Israel)". In Daniel Carpi (ed.).הציונות: מאסף לתולדות התנועה הציונית והישוב היהודי בארץ־ישראל. אוניברסיטת תל-אביב, הוצאת הקיבוץ המאוחד.

Bibliography

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Biger, Gideon (2004).The boundaries of modern Palestine: 1840 - 1947. RoutledgeCurzon studies in Middle Eastern history. London:RoutledgeCurzon.ISBN 978-0-7146-5654-0.
Macmunn, G. F.; Falls, C. (1930).Military Operations: Egypt and Palestine, From June 1917 to the End of the War Part II. History of the Great War based on Official Documents by Direction of the Committee of Imperial Defence. Vol. II. accompanying Map Case (1st ed.). London:HMSO.OCLC 656066774 – via Archive Foundation.
Paris, Timothy J. (2003).Britain, the Hashemites, and Arab Rule, 1920-1925: the Sherifian solution. London; Portland, OR:Frank Cass.ISBN 978-0-7146-5451-5.

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