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  and Zionism, 280, 306, 328–29, 451, 458, 463, 466–67, 519–20, 524, 531

  Palestine Exploration Fund:

  mapping expedition, 63, 83, 232–41, 246

  report: ’e Wilderness of Zin, 241–42, 244, 250, 254

  Palmer, E. “Posh,” 606, 608

  Paris Peace Conference (1919), 468–78

  and Britain, 439–40, 453, 456–59, 462, 469, 475–76, 510

  Clemenceau at, 210, 460–61, 474

  and Council of Ten, 473–74

  and Feisal, 439, 452, 453, 455–59, 456, 459, 461, 468, 469, 472, 473–77

  and France, 439–40, 453, 456–59, 460, 469, 473–78

  and Lawrence, 96, 137, 210, 439–40, 452–53, 457, 459, 462, 471–74, 476, 485, 698

  Lloyd George at, 210, 460–61, 473

  Meinertzhagen at, 469–71

  and Middle East, 100, 460–61, 470, 473, 474, 476, 510

  scope of discussions at, 468–69

  TV film about, 694

  and Wilson, 210, 454, 458, 460, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476

  Parker, K. T., 675

  Patch, Blanche, 577

  Patton, George C., 694

  Peake, Frederick, 407, 409, 528–29

  Peerage Act (1963), 118

  Pepys, Samuel, 8

  Persia, oil in, 531

  Petrie, Flinders, 195, 197, 201, 202, 203–4, 222

  Philby, St. John “Jack,” 405n, 483, 484, 506, 529

  Pichon, Stéphen-Jean-Marie, 455, 461, 475

  Picot, see Georges-Picot, François

  Pike, Manning, 598, 602, 611

  Pirie-Gordon, C. H. C., 167, 175

  Pisani, Rosario, 306, 419

  Plato, 630

  Pontius Pilate, 8, 353

  Poole, Reginald Lane, 155, 156

  Port Said, Lawrence’s travels in, 169, 175

  Pound, Ezra, 205, 672, 688

  Price, Hugh [Aprice], 152

  Private Life of Henry VIII, The (film), 668

  PT boats, 649

  Pudovkin, Vsevolod, 62

  Pugh, Flight Sergeant, 608, 614, 616

  Rabegh:

  defense of, 60

  French ambitions for, 47, 48

  journey to, 17–18, 21–28, 30–31

  Lawrence’s assignment to, 49–50

  military stores at, 298

  rumors of Turkish attack on, 47, 49

  Raleigh, Sir Walter, 119, 597

  Rashids, ibn Saud as emir of, 88

  Rasim, Damascene soldier, 372

  Rattigan, Terence, Ross, 694

  Rawlinson, Sir Henry, 251

  Redmond, John, 271

  Red Sea ports, 21, 88

  Rennell, Lord, 482

  Reshadiye, 247–48

  Revolt in the Desert [abridgement of Seven Pillars] (Lawrence):

  charity fund for income from, 622

  copyright sold to Cape, 602–3, 614

  critical reviews of, 622–23

  Doubleday’s suggestion of, 565

  film rights to, 634, 667–69, 691–94

  Garnett’s work on, 555, 558, 562, 565, 566–67, 575, 603, 614–15

  Lawrence’s fame enhanced by, 623

  Lawrence’s vacillation about, 573–75, 602, 614

  Lawrence’s work on, 504, 610, 614–15

  negotiations with publishers for, 566–67, 573, 575, 610

  publication of (1927), 501, 555, 593n, 617, 622–24

  quality of writing in, 615

  serialization of, 617

  Shaw’s ideas about, 565–67, 572

  Rhys, Sir John, 173–74

  Richards, Vyvyan W., 156–59

  at Jesus College, 156

  Lawrence as object of aÃection to, 157–58, 159, 161, 189, 210, 494

  Lawrence’s correspondence with, 189, 214, 494

  and Morris designs, 156–57, 159

  and printing press scheme, 157, 178, 186, 189, 195, 197, 202, 214, 232, 494, 501

  and Seven Pillars, 556–57

  Richard the Lionheart, 32, 206

  Richthofen, Manfred Freiherr von “Red Baron,” 356

  Riyadh, ibn Saud’s capital at, 88, 279, 452–53, 484

  RMS Rajputana, 635, 636–37, 636

  Robertson, Sir William, 284

  Robeson, Paul, 668

  Rogers, Bruce, 643

  Rolls (driver), 409, 427

  Rommel, Erwin “Desert Fox,” 686

  Roosevelt, Franklin D., 303n, 484

  Ross, John Hume:

  Lawrence’s RAF name, 542–43

  see also Royal Air Force

  Rothenstein, Sir William, 508

  Rothschild, Lord, 39, 463, 468

  Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 212

  Royal Air Force (RAF):

  air strips in the desert, 516

  army compared with, 579–80, 602

  at Bridlington, Yorkshire, 667, 669–70

  Cadet College, Cranwell, 553, 606–9, 616, 624

  at Cattewater, 635–36, 640–42

  dirigibles, 646–48

  “dumb insolence” in, 628

  escape clause in, 541, 543, 564

  esprit de corps in, 579

  at Farnborough, 558–61, 568, 572, 575, 617, 629

  at Felixstowe, 660–61

  friction caused by Lawrence’s presence in, 628–30, 631, 634–35, 639–40

  at Habbaniya, Iraq, 514–15

  “Iris” III crash, 651–52

  in Karachi, 621–22, 623–24

  King’s Regulations on, 628

  Lawrence in the ranks of, as John Hume Ross, 535–39, 541–47, 564–65, 569, 572

  Lawrence’s desire to re-enter, 602, 603

  Lawrence’s discharge from, 574, 575–76

  Lawrence’s overseas posting with, 616–17

  Lawrence’s recommendations for reform of, 210

  Lawrence’s re-entry into, as AC2/AC1 Shaw, 603, 605–9, 621–22, 624, 626, 633, 641, 658

  Lawrence’s retirement from, 653, 659–60, 666, 667, 672

  limitations of air travel in 1919, 482–83

  Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment, 660–61

  ’e Mint about, 537, 541, 544, 547–54, 597–98, 619, 625, 633, 687

  Mount Batten, 642, 646, 650, 651, 659–60

  on Northwest Frontier, 631–34

  photography school of, 553, 558, 559, 569

  public attention to Lawrence in, 566–70, 574, 602, 617, 638–40, 660

  RAF Benevolent Fund, 622

  recruit training in, 547–54

  rescue launches of, 641, 649, 650, 651, 652, 671

  and Royal Flying Corps, 477, 514

  Seaplane Tenders (200 Class), 409, 653

  social class distinctions in, 536, 547, 669

  and Trenchard, 514, 536

  at Uxbridge, 605–6

  at Waziristan, 631–34

  Royal Engineers, 51

  Royal Flying Corps (RFC):

  and aerial photography, 286

  and Arab Revolt, 52, 56, 311, 396, 409–10, 514

  Handley-Page bombers of, 414–15, 477, 482, 606

  history of, 597–98

  reconnaissance flights of, 56

  as Royal Air Force, 477, 514

  and Turkish aircraft, 14, 52, 409–10

  and Will’s death, 282

  Royal Navy, 21, 223

  and Alexandretta plan, 262

  and attack on Wejh, 64, 65–66

  oil needed for, 40

  and World War I, 245

  and Yenbo defense, 56, 59, 60

  Royal Tank Corps (RTC), 576–81, 589, 591, 594, 597, 602

  Ruawalla (Rualla) tribesmen, 403, 416, 423, 429

  Russia:

  abdication of the czar, 305

  and allied shipping, 4

  ambitions for Middle East, 12, 38, 39, 40, 81, 253, 270n, 279–80

  assault on Erzurum, 283, 289, 291

  Bolshevik regime in, 39, 280, 453

  and the “great game,” 632

  peace with Turkey
, 381, 398

  revolution (1917) in, 39, 280, 360

  rumors about Lawrence in, 634–35

  secret treaties published by, 39, 280, 360, 361, 437

  and Sykes-Picot agreement, 39, 40, 81, 279–80, 413

  Russian army, in World War I, 4, 10, 242, 246, 249–50, 269, 305

  Russo-Turkish War (1877), 246

  Sacher-Masoch, Leopold von, 584

  Sackville-West, Vita, 274n, 583

  Sade, Marquis de, 344, 584

  St. Aldate’s Church Lads’ Brigade, 156

  St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, 511

  Salem (slave), 316, 317, 318

  Salim Ahmed (Dahoum), 196

  Salmond, Sir GeoÃrey:

  and Lawrence in RAF, 537, 631, 635, 660–61

  Lawrence’s letters to, 628

  and RAF in India, 627, 635

  as RFC commander, 396, 514

  Salt, as military goal, 380, 391–92, 394, 395, 413

  Salter Brothers, 223

  Samuel, Sir Herbert, 520–22, 528

  Sanders, Limon von, 411, 436

  Sanders of the River (film), 668

  San Remo, Middle East discussions in, 504

  Sassoon, Sir Philip, 650, 660, 670

  Sassoon, Siegfried, 265, 321, 452, 589, 591, 641, 656, 679

  Saudi Arabia, oil in, 483

  Savage, Raymond, 567, 575

  Saxe, Maurice de, 28, 366

  Sayid Mohammed ibn Ali, 88

  Sayyid Talib, 523

  Sazonov, Sergey Dmitriyevich, 279–80

  Scarlet Pimpernel, The (film), 691

  Schneider Trophy competitions, 642–43, 647, 648–50

  Scipio, 373n

  Scott, George C., 693–94

  Serahin, sheikh of, 334

  Serahin tribesmen, 334–35, 336, 337

  Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Lawrence), 212

  on Abd el Kader, 328

  abridged (“boy scout”) version of, see Revolt in the Desert

  and Allenby, 500, 593, 623

  on the Arabs, 316, 499, 500–501

  artwork and illustrations for, 504, 511, 513, 529, 562, 599, 615, 621

  on Auda, 69, 80–81, 499

  on Barrow, 427

  on Carson incident, 362–63

  on Chetwode, 577

  copyright protection for, 495, 501, 592, 617n, 618

  costs of producing, 131, 300, 529, 562, 592, 598, 601, 602, 613–14

  critical reviews of, 622–23

  on Daud and Farraj, 388–90, 393–94

  dedication of, 497–99

  on demolition activities, 220

  on Deraa incident, 343–48, 349, 497, 538, 601–2

  and fame, 623

  on Feisal, 33, 499, 500

  film rights to, 634, 668–69, 691–94

  on Hamed’s execution, 72–73

  income from, 558, 598, 603, 617, 622

  on Lawrence’s army career, 49–50

  Lawrence’s contradictory impulses regarding, 500–501, 610

  Lawrence’s embellishments of truth in, 593

  Lawrence’s maps in, 84

  Lawrence’s obsession over, 497, 499–501, 538

  Lawrence’s writing of, 471, 483, 485, 492, 494–501, 539–40

  limited subscription edition, 495, 558, 562, 589, 591–93, 601, 602–3, 610, 611, 613, 614, 615, 617–18, 687

  lost version of, 495–97, 500, 507

  as major literary work, 537, 572, 622–24, 687

  on military strategy, 74–75, 332–33

  negotiations with publishers on, 501, 504, 554–55, 558, 565, 566–67, 571–72, 592–93, 598–602, 614

  on Nuri’s appearance, 91

  Oxford text (1922), 495, 687

  on Paris Peace Conference, 462

  places described in, 31

  printing of, 539

  publication of, 296, 617, 624, 687

  and publicity, 555, 614, 617, 621, 634, 668

  quality of writing, 139, 319, 322, 369, 409, 500, 557, 661, 662

  reworking of, 495, 497, 499, 507–8, 527, 538, 539, 579, 581, 593, 603, 611

  serialization of, 617

  Shaw’s reading of, 555–57, 562–64, 565–68, 574–75, 592, 594, 599–600, 611

  and Shaw’s Saint Joan, 397

  and Storrs, 8, 593

  on Sykes, 273

  on Tafas scene, 418–24

  and Trenchard, 615–16, 617, 624

  on war, 264–65, 396, 664, 686, 696

  war experiences relived in, 477, 492, 499, 538, 542, 570, 601

  on Wilson, 11

  on Wingate, 46–47

  on Young, 382

  Shakespear, J. R., 405n

  Shakespeare, William, Henry V, 499, 694

  Shakir, Sharif, 76–77

  Sharif, Omar, 693

  Sharraf, Sharif, 85–86

  Shaw, Charlotte F.:

  and Deraa incident, 349–50, 601, 612, 695

  Lawrence’s friendship with, 120, 490, 540, 595–96, 608, 611–12, 640, 644–45, 653

  Lawrence’s letters to, 143, 320, 322, 349–50, 525, 601, 610, 611, 612, 618, 644, 655, 657, 664, 668, 670, 695

  marriage of, 350, 563, 612

  personal traits of, 564

  and Seven Pillars, 562–64, 573–75, 599, 611, 612

  Shaw, George Bernard, 273

  and Casement, 654

  death of, 571

  fame of, 540, 556, 570–71

  genius of, 563

  and Lawrence’s army enlistment, 578, 591, 602

  Lawrence’s correspondence with, 695

  and Lawrence’s fame, 623, 650, 652

  Lawrence’s friendship with, 120, 219, 320, 356, 540, 563, 570, 590–91, 595–96, 608, 640, 644

  marriage of, 350, 563, 612

  on St. Joan, 397, 457n, 578, 595–97

  and Seven Pillars, 349, 555–57, 562–64, 565–68, 572–73, 574–75, 592, 594, 599–600, 611, 617, 621

  and socialism, 563, 648

  and Thomson, 647–48

  Too True to Be Good, 588, 619, 657, 670–71

  views on grammar, 563, 599–600

  Shaw, Robert Gould II, 644

  Shaw, Thomas Edward, Lawrence’s name in RTC and RAF, 577–81, 603, 627

  Sheikh Saad, as military goal, 417, 418, 424

  Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 556

  Sherman, William Tecumseh, 60

  Shobek, as military goal, 359, 360, 365

  Sholto Douglas, Lord, 550, 553n

  Shotwell, James Thomson, 471–72

  At the Paris Peace Conference, 439

  Shuckburgh, Sir John, 512, 520, 527

  Shukri Pasha el Ayubi, 430, 431, 432, 433

  Simpson, Colin, 582n

  Simpson, Wallis, 603

  Sims, R. G. “Reggie,” 669–70, 671

  Sinai desert:

  Lawrence’s journey across, 106

  map survey of, 232–33, 241, 246

  military strategies in, 402–3

  Smith, Clare Sydney:

  and Biscuit (speedboat), 649, 650–51

  ’e Golden Reign, 641

  and Lawrence’s fame, 636, 638

  Lawrence’s friendship with, 161, 607, 645–46

  personal traits of, 645

  at RAF Cattewater, 641

  at RAF Manston, 653

  in Singapore, 670

  Smith, F. E., 271, 650

  Smith, F. Willoughby, 220

  Smith, Sydney, 607, 635–36, 638, 640–43, 646, 651, 652, 653

  Smith, W. H., 613

  SMS Breslau, 248

  SMS Goeben, 248, 249

  Smuts, Jan, 378, 456

  Soleyb people, 208–9

  Somme, Battle of, 45, 277

  Sontag, Susan, 690

  Souchon, Wilhelm, 248, 250

  Spanish flu, 476–77

  Spiegel, Sam, 691, 692–93, 694

  Spielberg, Steven, 693

  Spitfire, design of, 643

  SS Mongolia, 169

  Stalin, Joseph, 303n, 690nr />
  Stamfordham, Lord, 446, 449–50

  SteÃens, Lincoln, 475–76

  Steiner, Ferdinand, 691n

  Stirling, David, 29

  Stirling, W. Frank, 427

  Safety Last, 319–20, 403

  Stokes, Australian soldier, 311, 313, 317

  Storrs, Ronald, 7–15, 320

  in Cairo, 201, 252, 253–54, 271, 273, 355

  and Hussein, 299

  in Jerusalem, 353, 354, 520, 521

  in Jidda, 14–15

  journey to Jidda, 8, 9–13, 293

  journey to Rabegh, 17–18

  and Lawrence’s death and funeral, 679, 680–81

  Lawrence’s friendship with, 7–8, 201, 592

  Lawrence’s plans supported by, 17

  Orientations (memoir), 8, 13–14

  and outbreak of Arab Revolt, 292

  and plans for Arab Revolt, 10, 40, 260, 268

  and Seven Pillars, 8, 593

  and Thomas, 354, 356

  Stotzingen, Baron Othmar von, 291

  Strachey, Lytton, 200

  Strand Magazine, 494

  Sudan:

  involvement in Arab Revolt, 11–12

  military strategy between wars, 29

  Suez Canal:

  British control of, 234, 515

  military strategy toward, 256, 267

  military threats toward, 12–13, 63, 83, 232, 234, 263, 269

  protection for, 40, 234, 267, 279, 282, 285, 510

  purchase of, 234

  Suhkuri (Beni Sakhr tribe), 332–33

  Sultan el Atrash, 431

  Sultan Osman I, 247–48

  Swann, Oliver:

  and Lawrence in RAF, 508, 542–45, 553, 559–61, 564–65, 566, 569

  Lawrence’s letters to, 508, 549–50, 559

  Sykes, Sir Mark, 270–81, 304

  and Arab Bureau, 273, 284

  and Arab flag, 272

  and Arab Revolt press releases, 361

  background of, 271

  and Balfour Declaration, 272, 280, 306

  and British-Turkish negotiations, 303–6

  death of, 476–77

  fact-finding tour of, 271–72, 273

  and Feisal, 81–82

  and Hussein, 82

  and Jerusalem, 351–52

  and Lawrence’s moral dilemma, 40, 82, 83, 90, 281

  and Nicolson Committee, 274–75

  and Sykes-Picot agreement, 38, 81, 90, 275–81

  War Committee report by, 274

  and Zionism, 272, 280, 352

  Sykes-Picot agreement:

  and Abdulla, 40

  and Arab nation, 39, 81–82, 276, 277–78, 361, 413, 436, 465, 486, 505

  Bolshevik publication of, 39, 280, 360, 361, 437

  and Britain, 38–40, 67, 81, 269n, 275–81, 300, 305, 306, 361, 444, 451, 453, 455, 458–59, 486, 507, 512

  and British-French rivalry, 270, 275

  controversial nature of, 276–77, 305, 360, 399, 461, 465

  and creation of Israel, 39, 276

  and Feisal, 39, 40, 81, 82, 281, 306, 328, 360, 361, 436–37

 

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