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who had conquered the eastern Mediterranean in 1516 - sided with Germany during the first World War.
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led by Prince Faysal ibn Huseyn of the Arabian Hashemite dynasty.
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increased just before the second world war due to persecution by the Nazis. Jewish immigrated because of the Nazis.They wanted to stand up for themselves.
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Britain gave up its mandate and the United Nations took over supervision.
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The British divided their mandate in two. East of the river Jordan became the emirate of Transjordan and was ruled by Faysal’s brother Abdullah.
