Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia (120 page)

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, 690n

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

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

and Georges-Picot, 38, 275–81

and Hussein, 39, 40, 82, 300

and Jewish settlements in Palestine, 277, 451, 467

Lawrence’s opposition to, 38, 82, 90, 280–81, 306, 328, 400, 413, 444, 451, 486, 525, 537

and Lloyd George, 461, 507

Ottoman Empire divided in, 38, 40, 81, 276, 278–79, 504

and partition of Palestine, 39, 276

and Russia, 39, 40, 81, 279–80, 413

and Sykes, 38, 81, 90, 275–81

U.S. opposition to, 305, 444, 455

and Zionism, 280, 399, 451, 453, 458, 467

Syria:

British control of, 459, 486

diverse populations of, 307

Feisal vs. French in, 463, 505, 511

flag of, 272

French administration of, 436–37, 440, 442, 461, 507, 518, 697

French ambitions for, 38, 40, 67, 81, 90, 92, 183, 256, 262, 272, 275, 433, 436, 454, 455, 458, 460, 461–62, 473, 486, 505

as geographical expression, 306–7

impoverishment of, 698

Inter-Allied Commission of Inquiry on, 484

Lawrence’s eÃorts on Feisal’s behalf in, 443, 444, 473, 484

Lawrence’s travels in, 172

local uprisings in, 413–14, 505

and military strategy, 91, 100, 266, 309

and Paris Peace Conference, 476

railway system in, 309

and United Arab Republic, 697

and Weizmann-Feisal agreement, 465–68

see also
Damascus

Tafas, Turkish brutality in, 418–24, 686

Tafileh: