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In history, a territory whose administration
was entrusted to Allied states by the League
of Nations under the Treaty of Versailles
after World War I. Mandated territories were
former German and Turkish possessions
(including Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and
Palestine). When the United Nations replaced
the League of Nations in 1945, mandates that
had not achieved independence became known as
trust territories. In general, mandate means
any official command; in politics also the
right (given by the electors) of an elected
government to carry out its programme of
policies.