nationalism of, 2.1, 3.1
Nazi party of, epi.1, epi.2
Ottoman Empire’s relationship with, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 8.1, 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, 17.1, nts.1n
Ottoman military installations of
provocation of U.S. by
Prüfer’s Jewish spy ring for, 1.1, 6.1, 6.2
rivalry with Britain of, 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1
Russian provisional government undermined by
Russian peace overtures toward, 15.1, 17.1, 17.2
Socony and
surrender of, itr.1, 18.1
U-boats from, 5.1, 11.1, 12.1
unification of, 2.1, 2.2
U.S. declaration of war against, 12.1, 13.1, 17.1
war declared on Russia by
on Western Front, 7.1, 9.1, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 18.1
Western Front headquarters of
withdrawal from Jerusalem of
World War I casualties of
Gideonites, 4.1, 6.1
Glazebrook, Otis
Goeland, 253–55
Gorringe, George
Grand Continental Hotel, Cairo
Grand New Hotel, Jerusalem
Graves, Philip
Graves, Robert, n
Great Bitter Lake
Great Britain, itr.1, 2.1, 3.1, 5.1, 12.1, 12.2, 17.1, 17.2, 18.1, 18.2
Aqaba landing supported by, 11.1, 11.2
Great Britain
Arab alliance with, 5.1, 6.1, 9.1, 9.2, 15.1, 16.1
Arab suspicions of
arrogance and smugness of, 5.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
carrier pigeons used by
Chaim Weizmann and munitions industry of
class system in, 2.1, 11.1
contempt toward Turks by, 5.1, 5.2
Dardanelles strategy of, 5.1, 5.2
draft in
Egypt ruled by, 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.1, 9.1, 11.1, 12.1, 14.1, 17.1, epi.1, epi.2
France and, 11.1, 11.2, 15.1, 18.1
Germany’s rivalry with, 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1
imperial designs of, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 9.1, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 14.1, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, epi.1, epi.2, epi.3, nts.1n
Jewish homeland in Palestine and, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1
Muslim territories controlled by
Ottoman Empire’s relations with, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2
Prüfer on enemies blacklist of
self-determination advocated by
on Socony oil interests
spy ships of, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2
Suez Canal and, 2.1, 3.1
territorial troops from
in Triple Entente, ; see also Triple Entente
Turkish negotiations with, 16.1, 17.1
war euphoria in
Great Loot, itr.1, 7.1, epi.1
Great Pyramids of Giza
Great Rift Valley
Greece, Greeks, 2.1, 5.1, 12.1, 17.1, 18.1
imperial ambitions of
neutrality of
in Ottoman Empire
Grey, Edward, 7.1, 9.1, 12.1
Gribbon, Walter
Grignon Institute
Gunkel, Oscar
Gurkhas
Guweira, 14.1, 17.1, 17.2
Hadassah, 6.1, epi.1
Hadera
Hafir el Andscha
Hague war conventions
Haidar, Ali
Haifa, 3.1, 6.1, 6.2, 14.1, 14.2, 18.1
Haig, Douglas, 4.1, 9.1, 15.1
Hajim Muhittin
Hall, Henry
Hama, 14.1, nts.1n
Hamburg-America Line
Hamed (Moroccan), 11.1, 13.1
Hamidian Massacres, n
Hamilton, Ian
Hampshire, HMS, 7.1
Hamra, Arabia, 8.1, 8.2
Handbook of the Hejaz, The, 259
Hanna, Edith
Hardinge, Lord Charles, 9.1, 14.1
Hareidhin, Talal el
Harrison, Leland, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 17.5
Hashemite clan, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 8.1, 16.1, 17.1, epi.1
Hebrew language
Hebrew Union College
Hebron
Hebron road, 3.1, 4.1
Hejaz, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 15.1, 17.1
Arab Revolt in, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 16.1, 16.2, nts.1n
British officers in, 11.1, 14.1, nts.1n
economy of
Hussein’s rule in
Lawrence’s permanent posting to
Lawrence’s postage stamps for
Lawrence’s return to Cairo from, 9.1, 10.1
limited access to non-Muslims in, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 9.2
Newcombe in
proposed Arab rebellion in, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1
seasonal watercourses in
Turkish troops in, 8.1, 8.2
Hejaz Railway, 2.1, 5.1, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 15.2, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 17.5, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, nts.1n
incomplete state of
Herbert, Aubrey, 4.1, 7.1, 7.2
Herzl, Theodore, 3.1, 3.2
Hill, J. C., 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 7.1
Hindenburg Line, 18.1, 18.2
Hitler, Adolf, 10.1, epi.1, epi.2
Hittite civilization
Hodgson, Captain
Hogarth, David, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 15.1
at Arab Bureau, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 16.1, 17.1, 17.2
and Lawrence’s push for Alexandretta
Hollis, Stanley
Homs, 14.1, nts.1n
Hotel Fast, Jerusalem, 10.1, 10.2
Hotel Germania, Constantinople, 4.1, 4.2
House, Edward, 16.1, epi.1
Howeitat tribe, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5, 13.6, 13.7, 14.1
Hungary
Hussein, King (Emir), 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 12.1, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 18.1, 18.2, epi.1
administration of
allies courted by
Arab Revolt begun by, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 10.1, 11.1
Britain’s negotiations with, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, nts.1n, 522n
British alliance of, 17.1, epi.1
on British honor, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3
Constantinople’s negotiations with
deposed
fighting capability of troops of
Hashemite dynasty of, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 8.1, 16.1, 17.1, epi.1
ibn-Saud as chief rival of
Lawrence’s Jeddah meeting with
private phone line of
risks of British alliance for, 8.1, 9.1
Sykes’s double-dealing and, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 14.1, 16.1, 16.2, nts.1n–32n
Zionists and, 17.1, 17.2
Hussein, Zeid al-, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 12.1, 17.1
character and personality of
Guweira gold caravan and
Hussein family
Husseini, Ismail Hakki Bey al-, 3.1, 7.1, 7.2, 10.1
ibn-Saud, Abdul Aziz, 7.1, 17.1, epi.1, epi.2, epi.3
Imperator, SS, 2.1, 13.1
Imperial Camel Corps, 14.1, 17.1, 17.2
Imperial Colonial Office, German, n
Imperial General Staff, British, 4.1, 6.1, 9.1, 14.1, 14.2
India, itr.1, 2.1, 4.1
Lawrence in
Muslims in, 5.1, 7.1, 8.1
Prüfer in
see also British India
Indian Expeditionary Force (IEF), 7.1, 7.2
Intelligence Bulletin for the Middle East, 164–65
Iraq, 1.1, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 8.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 13.1, 17.1, nts.1n
Arab Revolt and
British claim on, 13.1, 16.1, epi.1, epi.2, epi.3
British Indian army in, 5.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 10.1, 11.1, epi.1
; British mandate in
Faisal placed on throne of, epi.1, epi.2
French claim on
revolt in
slaughter of ethnic minorities in
trench warfare in
2006 U.S. military “surge” in
Ireland, 2.1, 7.1
Iskenderun, see Alexandretta
Islam:
Wahhabism
Young Turks as supporters of
see also Muslims; pan-Islam, pan-Islamic jihad
Islamic jihad
against Christian military foes, 4.1, 4.2
Oppenheim’s promotion of, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1
Ottoman promotion of
pan-Islam and, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 8.1, 10.1, 13.1
Prüfer’s embrace of, 5.1, 5.2
Isle of Man
Ismailia, 8.1, 14.1
Isonzo valley
Israel, 3.1, 3.2, epi.1, epi.2, epi.3
Aaronsohn’s dream of
Eretz (Greater)
modern-day, 3.1, nts.1n
wars between Arabs and
Israelites, ancient
Istanbul, see Constantinople
Italy, 5.1, 6.1, 10.1, 12.1, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 18.1
imperial ambitions of, 7.1, 17.1, nts.1n
Libya invaded by, 1.1, 2.1
on Southern Front, 15.1, 18.1
Triple Entente joined by, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1
Jaffa, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 6.2, 10.1, 15.1, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3
British troops in
Djemal Pasha’s evacuation of, 12.1, 12.2, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, nts.1n
Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem
Jebel Druze area
Jeddah, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 16.1, 16.2, epi.1, nts.1n
French-Ottoman bank proposed for, 11.1, 15.1
Lawrence’s mission to
Turkish threat to
Jefer, wells at
Jerablus, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 3.1, 5.1, 18.1
Lawrence and Woolley’s leopard in
Jericho, 5.1, 16.1, 17.1
Jerusalem, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 6.1, 7.1, 10.1, 10.2, 13.1, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2, epi.1, epi.2, nts.1n
British entry into, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3
as cosmopolitan
expatriates in, 4.1, 7.1, 17.1
German Hospice in, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1
German military presence in, 5.1, 6.1, 14.1
Hospice for Russian Pilgrims in
Lawrence’s withering appraisal of
Old City of
Storrs as military governor of
Yale in, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1
Jewish Agricultural Experiment Station, 1.1, 3.1
Jewish Chronicle, 302
Jewish Committee in Alexandria
Jewish State, The (Herzl), 3.1
Jews:
anti-Semitic suspicions against
assimilationist
British, 9.1, 17.1
as British spies, see Aaronsohn, Aaron, spy network of
diaspora of, 3.1, 16.1
discrimination against
as emigres
expulsion from Jaffa of, 12.1, 12.2
German
German protection of, 15.1, nts.1n
as German spies, 1.1, 6.1, 6.2
in Jerusalem
Jerusalem as sacred to
Muslim Arab disdain for
in Ottoman Empire, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 9.1, 11.1, 15.1
in Palestine, see Palestine, Jewish emigration to; Palestine, Jewish homeland in
persecution feared by
philanthropy by
political alliances of
Russian, 4.1, 6.1, 14.1, nts.1n
in Syria
Turkish treatment of, n
U.S., 3.1, 9.1, 12.1, 15.1, 16.1, 17.1, 18.1
westernized
Zionism and, see Zionism, Zionists
Joffre, Joseph
Jordan, 3.1, 13.1, 16.1, epi.1
modern
Jordan River, 12.1, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 18.1, 18.2, epi.1
Jordan valley, 14.1, 17.1, 17.2
Joyce, Pierce, 11.1, 14.1, 15.1, 18.1, 18.2
Judaism, Ormsby-Gore’s conversion to
Judea, 1.1, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2
Judean foothills, 3.1, 3.2
Kabul
Kaiserschlacht, 456
Katra
Kedouri, Elie, n
Kemal, Mustafa, see Ataturk, Mustafa Kemal
Kerak, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 17.1
Kerensky, Alexander, 14.1, 16.1
Kerensky regime, Russian, 15.1, 16.1
Khalil Pasha, 7.1, 7.2
khamsin (sandstorm), 1.1, 1.2
Kharpoutli, Mustapha, 7.1, 11.1
Khartoum, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10.1
Kheif Hussein
King-Crane Commission, epi.1, epi.2
Kirkbride, Alec
Kirkwall, Orkney Islands
Kitchener, Horatio Herbert, 3.1, 6.1, 9.1, 15.1
as British secretary of war, 4.1, 6.1
death of
Hussein and, 5.1, 7.1
on invasion of Iraq, 7.1, 7.2
Lawrence ordered to defer enlisting by
on Prüfer’s appointment
Storrs as trusted lieutenant of
Sykes and
Knabenshue, Charles
Kornub, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.1, 7.1, 7.2, 10.1, epi.1
Kressenstein, Friedrich Kress von, 5.1, 6.1
Kuhlmann, Richard von, n
Kurds, in Syria
Kut, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 8.1, 11.1, nts.1n
Kutab, Fuad al-, 13.1, 13.2
Lake, Percy
Lama, HMS, 8.1, 8.2
Lansing, Robert, 13.1, 14.1, 17.1
Lawrence, Arnold, 4.1, 6.1, 17.1, epi.1
Lawrence, Bob, 4.1, 6.1
Lawrence, Frank
death of, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1
Lawrence, Sarah Junner (mother), 2.1, epi.1
as family disciplinarian
family secret of, 2.1, nts.1n
and Frank’s death, 6.1, 6.2
Lawrence, Thomas (father)
family secret of, 2.1, nts.1n
Lawrence, Thomas Edward, 1.1, 7.1, 9.1, 17.1, 18.1, nts.1n
affinity for East of
Alexandretta invasion advocated by, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
aliases of, epi.1, epi.2
alienation from Englishness of
as apologist for Arabs
as apologist for Faisal
appearance of, 2.1, 2.2, 9.1, 14.1
Aqaba campaign of, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 15.1
Aqaba Allied strategy opposed by, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, nts.1n
in Arab advance into Syria
Arab dress adopted by, 10.1, 14.1, 14.2, 16.1, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2
Arab Revolt and, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 13.1, 14.1
Arabs favored over British by, 15.1, 16.1
Arabs’ image of
Arabs romanticized by, 2.1, 2.2
as archaeologist, itr.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
on Auda Abu Tayi
Beersheva meeting with Yale by, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 17.1, nts.1n
bicycle tour of France by, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 8.1
bodyguard of, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1
British Indian army critiqued by
burden of leadership on
as bureaucratic infighter, 9.1, 9.2
in Cairo military intelligence, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.1, 7.1, 14.1, 15.1
in captured Aqaba, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 15.1, 15.2
at Carchemish dig, 2.1, 3.1, 18.1
circumspection of, n
Clouds Hill home of
at Colonial Office, epi.1, epi.2
on crumbling of Ottoman Empire
cynicism of, n
Dardanelles operation as concern of, 5.1, 5.2
death of
in Deraa railway attacks, 18.1, 18.2
desire to leave Syrian war theater by
despondency of, 15.1, epi.1
under EEF command
emotional constriction of, 2.1, 6.1, 6.2, 16.1
in England, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1
as enigmatic and controversial figure
epiphany about Arab Revolt of, 11.1, 11.2
exaggerated navigational reputation of
exhaustion of
as family bohemian
as first British officer with Arab rebels in field
gamesmanship of
growing fame of, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 15.1, epi.1
Hamed killed by, 11.1, 13.1
Hejaz postage stamps designed by
hopes of, turned to ashes
identification with Arab cause by
ill health of, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 13.1, 16.1
immersion in Arab culture by, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 14.1, 17.1
Iraq revolt predicted by
Jeddah mission of
Kitchener’s orders to
knighthood refused by, itr.1, itr.2, itr.3
leave to return to England granted
letters of, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 7.1, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2, epi.1, epi.2, epi.3
limits of endurance tested by
as marksman
on McMahon-Hussein correspondence
medieval military history and Arthurian lore as fascinations of, itr.1, 2.1, 2.2, 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, epi.1
Lawrence, Thomas Edward
military culture disdained by, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 14.1, epi.1
minimal Allied military presence in Arabia advocated by, 9.1, 9.2
missed communications as strategy of, 9.1, 17.1
in mission to Iraq, 7.1, 7.2
motorcycles ridden by
myths of, 9.1, 18.1
in negotiations between Faisal and the Turks
Newcombe’s affinity for, 3.1, 3.2
at Oxford, itr.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 9.1, 17.1
personality and temperament of, itr.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 8.1, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 12.1, 15.1, epi.1
persuasive skills of
physical contact disliked by
“Politics of Mecca” report by
in preparations for permanent assignment to Arabia
promotions and decorations of, 7.1, 9.1, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 16.1, 17.1, nts.1n
Prüfer’s reverse trajectory with
psychic toll on, 17.1, epi.1
in RAF, epi.1, epi.2
rape and torture of, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 17.1, 17.2, 18.1
on religion
return from Iraq of
sense of honor of
sexuality of, 13.1, 16.1
snakes feared by
as stoic
Storrs and, 5.1, 5.2, 8.1, 8.2, nts.1n
Sykes and, 7.1, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1
Syria as focus of, 5.1, 8.1
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