Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia (113 page)

Lawrence’s departure from, 437

Lawrence’s entry into, 429–30,
431

as military goal, 89, 90, 112, 262, 281–82, 297, 309, 325, 366, 396, 407, 413, 414, 425

opponents of Hussein in, 40

as potential capital of “Greater Syria,” 41, 307, 413, 467

race to, 41, 64, 67, 83, 357, 359, 400, 405–6, 407, 413, 414, 417, 428

railway line to, 21, 24, 49, 293

Danchev, Alex, 664

Daud (servant), 85, 327, 330, 388–90, 393

Dawnay, Alan:

as Allenby’s chief of staÃ, 322–23, 382, 383

at Guweira, 374, 375

and Hejaz Operations StaÃ, 374, 375

and Imperial Camel Brigade, 402, 404

and Lawrence in Royal Tank Corps, 576, 577

Lawrence’s correspondence with, 467

Lawrence’s friendship with, 236, 323, 576

and Lawrence’s funeral, 679

and military strategy, 381, 394–95, 401, 402

and
Seven Pillars
, 496, 598

Dawnay, Guy, 323, 374

Dawson, GeoÃrey, 484, 486

Day Lewis, Cecil, 656

Deraa, 341–51, 418

Arab army in, 425–27

eÃects on Lawrence of attack in, 348, 349–51, 358, 397, 538, 601–2

Lawrence’s capture and assault at, 342–51, 355, 400, 470, 471, 497, 588, 612, 695

as military goal, 325, 347, 381, 402, 406, 414

Derbyshire
, 618, 619–21

Desert Mounted Corps, 429

Dexter, Flight Lieutenant, 544–46

Diana, Princess of Wales, 568, 636–37, 677

Dickens, Charles, 117

Diocletian, Emperor, 334

Disraeli, Benjamin, 234

Dixon, Corporal, 581, 589, 602, 608

Dodd, Francis, 196, 227

Doran, George H., 592, 614, 615, 617n

Doubleday, Frank N., 501, 504, 565, 592, 657

Doughty, Charles M., 94, 190, 622

Arabia Deserta
, 166–67, 208, 495, 506, 508, 557

and Hogarth, 177, 182

Lawrence’s regard for, 590

Douglas-Home, Sir Alec, 118n

Dowson, Sir Ernest, 258, 302

Driver, Corporal, 362–63

Dulles, John Foster, 454n

Duncan, David Douglas, 558

Edward VII, king of England, 451

Edward VIII, king of England, 140n, 449–50, 603

Egypt:

“British Force” in, 282, 285

British rule in, 259, 266

Exodus from, 239

impoverishment of, 698

independence of, 515

intelligence activities in, 273, 284

political unrest in, 506

and Suez Canal, 234

and United Arab Republic, 697

see also
Cairo

Egyptian Camel Corps, 407

Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF):

Allenby appointed commander of, 105, 318

and Aqaba, 104

at Basra, 5

in Cairo, 11, 12, 45, 273, 291

formation of, 285

at Gaza, 4, 104–5

Egyptian Government Printing Press, 258

Egyptian Survey, 302

Eisenstein, Sergey, 62

Elgar, Sir Edward, 656

Eliot, T. S., 613

Elizabeth I, queen of England, 443

El Jefer, 92, 95, 403

Ellington, Sir Edward, 660

Ellis, Sir Hugh, 577

El Mezraa, 374

Empire News, The
, 634

Encyclopaedia Brittanica
, 664

Enver Pasha, 54–55, 287, 289, 449

Fakhri Pasha (Hamid Fakhri Bey):

Arab strategies against, 41, 60, 63

and Armenian genocide, 37

Beni Ali village destroyed by, 37

at Medina, 66–67, 70

at Tafileh, 365, 367, 370

Falkenhayn, Erich von, 311, 354

Fareedeh el Akle, 187–88, 198, 498

Farraj (servant), 85, 327, 330, 388–90, 392–94, 615

Fascists, 667, 675

Fattuh (servant), 194, 195

Fawcett, Percy, 538

Feisal, emir (son of Hussein):

and Arab army, 15, 18, 20, 21, 30, 31, 35, 41, 49, 52–53, 55, 58, 63, 64, 111

and Balfour Declaration, 306, 399, 697

bond of Lawrence and, 33, 34, 80, 375, 382, 393, 398, 400, 405, 448, 472

and broken British promises, 462, 465, 564

in Damascus, 431, 432–33, 435–37

discussions with Weizmann, 399–400, 463, 465–68, 476

early years of, 34

Europeans distrusted by, 34, 82, 436–37, 450

exile in Egypt, 505–6

film depiction of, 693

vs. French in Syria, 463, 505, 511

“Greater Syria” sought by, 41, 42n, 442, 451

and groundwork for Arab Revolt, 266, 267

in house arrest, 259

and Imperial Camel Brigade, 396

and Iraqi throne, 277n, 405, 449, 455, 515, 516–18, 519, 523–24

Lawrence as liaison to, 49–50, 68, 299, 300, 395, 405, 476, 485, 513–14

Lawrence’s eÃorts on behalf of, 443, 444, 451, 455–58, 464, 472, 473, 475, 478, 484, 494, 506, 625, 640

Lawrence’s first meeting with, 16, 32–38, 48

leadership traits of, 37–38, 54, 55, 62, 68, 69, 76, 532

and military strategy, 37, 66, 81, 100, 266, 282, 298–300, 306, 307, 309, 311, 374, 390, 394, 415

move to Wejh, 60–61, 68, 69

and outbreak of Arab Revolt, 292

at Paris Peace Conference, 439–40, 452, 453, 455–59,
456, 459
, 461, 468, 469, 472, 473–77

physical appearance and personality of, 32, 33–35, 62, 81

portraits of, 504

a price on his head, 465

and proposal of amnesty, 360–61, 398–99, 400

slaves of, 313

supporters of, 82, 91, 325, 340, 357, 391, 429, 483

and Sykes-Picot agreement, 39, 40, 81, 82, 281, 306, 328, 360, 361, 436–37

and Syrian uprising, 413–14

and Thomas films, 386, 387

and tribal rivalries, 404–5

visits to Britain, 462–68,
464
, 486–87, 511, 610

visit to France, 455–59, 461

at Wadi Yenbo, 52–59

Weizmann-Feisal agreement, 465–68

Fiennes, Ralph, 694

Findlay, Charles, 560–61, 569–70, 571, 575

Finney, Albert, 693

Flecker, Hellé, 199, 216

Flecker, James Elroy, 153, 181, 199–201,
201
, 216, 583

Foch, Marshal Ferdinand, 96, 98, 449

Fontana, Winifred, 208

Ford, Ford Maddox, 555

Foreign Office:

Hussein supported by, 483, 506

involvement in Arab Revolt, 11, 49, 88

Lawrence’s duties with, 7, 457, 485

and Lawrence’s letters to the
Times
, 486

and postwar territorial claims, 455, 457, 462

Forster, E. M., 349, 589, 591, 601, 640

Four Feathers, The
(film), 692

Fourth Australian Light Horse Brigade, 333–34

France:

ambitions for Middle East, 38–40, 42n, 47, 48, 49, 60, 67, 70, 81–82, 90, 92, 112, 183, 253, 256, 259, 262, 266, 270, 272, 275–76, 278, 303, 306, 353, 356, 398, 436, 454, 455, 460, 486, 504–5, 697

British Expeditionary Forces in, 105

British rivalry with, 48, 270, 275, 453, 456, 460–61, 474

colonial system of, 48, 272, 275, 442, 697, 698

distrust of, 34, 48

Feisal in, 455–59, 461

honors and awards to Lawrence from, 67, 286, 353, 457–58

Lawrence’s distaste for presence of, 47, 48, 67, 255, 400, 451

and Paris Peace Conference, 439–40, 453, 456–59, 460, 469, 473–78

rule of law (Code Napoléon) in, 48, 56

and Suez Canal, 234, 279

and Sykes-Picot agreement, 38–40, 67, 275–76, 278–79, 281, 413, 436–37, 451, 455, 458–59, 507, 512

and World War I, 10, 45, 242, 275, 277, 304, 381, 460

Frankfurter, Felix, 476

Frederick the Great, 406

French army:

mutinies in, 460

North African troops, 67

Freud, Sigmund, 29, 115, 580

Fromkin, David,
A Peace to End All Peace
, 277

Gallipoli:

British defeat at (1915), 4, 263–64, 269, 277, 282, 285, 290, 295

German warships at, 248–50

Galsworthy, John, 555

Garland, H. G., 51–52, 56, 59, 70, 77, 322

Garnett, Edward:

and authors, 554–55, 564

and Cape, 555, 565, 567

and Lawrence in RAF, 564, 603

and Lawrence’s depression, 603

and
’e Mint
, 625

and
Revolt
abridgement, 555, 558, 562, 565, 566–67, 575, 603, 614–15

and
Seven Pillars
, 554–55, 565