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1927 In Mandatory Palestine
Events in the year 1927 in the British Mandate of Palestine. Incumbents * High Commissioner – Herbert Onslow Plumer * Emir of Transjordan – Abdullah I bin al-Hussein * Prime Minister of Transjordan – Hasan Khalid Abu al-Huda Events * 1 April – The Hashomer Hatzair kibbutzim federate into the Kibbutz Artzi movement. * 7 May – General Allenby lays the foundation stone of St Andrew's Church, Jerusalem * 11 July – A 6.2-magnitude earthquake occurs in the regions of Palestine and Transjordan, killing an estimated 500 people. The effects are especially severe in Jerusalem and Nablus, but damage and fatalities are also reported in many other areas, including parts of Transjordan, in particular the town of Salt. * 20 September – Kibbutz Beit Zera is established in the Jordan Valley, 15 km south of Tiberias. * 1 November – The Palestine pound, the currency of the British Mandate of Palestine between 1927 and 1948, goes into circulation. File:1927 Earthqua JQ2.jp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1926 In The British Mandate Of Palestine
Events in the year 1926 in the British Mandate of Palestine. Incumbents * High Commissioner – Herbert Onslow Plumer * Emir of Transjordan – Abdullah I bin al-Hussein * Prime Minister of Transjordan – 'Ali Rida Basha al-Rikabi until 26 June; Hasan Khalid Abu al-Huda Events * 5 March – The British High Commissioner grants an exclusive 70-year concession to Pinhas Rutenberg of the Palestine Electric Corporation for production and distribution of electric power utilize the water of the Jordan River and the Yarmouk River (see First Jordan Hydro-Electric Power House) * 1 April – The Transjordan Frontier Force is formed as a para-military border guard to defend the northern and southern borders of the Transjordan region. Unknown dates * The founding of the kibbutz Ramat David. * The founding of the moshav Beit She'arim by a group of Jewish immigrants from Yugoslavia. * The founding of the agricultural settlement Bayit VaGan, which was originally geared towards Orthodox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
