Chapter I: Front Matter

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LAWRENCE AND THE ARABS

_Onager solitarius in desiderio animi
sui attraxit ventum amoris._ Jeremiah

LAWRENCE AND THE
ARABS

_By_

ROBERT GRAVES

ILLUSTRATIONS EDITED BY
ERIC KENNINGTON
MAPS BY
HERRY PERRY

LONDON
JONATHAN CAPE 30 BEDFORD SQUARE

FIRST PUBLISHED IN MCMXXVII
MADE & PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
BY BUTLER & TANNER LTD
FROME AND
LONDON

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING
PAGE

LAWRENCE _Frontispiece_
_From a bust by_ ERIC KENNINGTON

‘AIRCRAFTMAN SHAW’ 48

MAP: THE ARAB AREA 60

THE EMIR FEISAL 72

THE EMIR ABDULLA 92
_From a drawing by_ ERIC KENNINGTON

THE VILLAGE OF DATE PALMS 118

FEISAL’S ARMY ENTERING WEJH 142

AUDA 156
_From a drawing by_ ERIC KENNINGTON

MAP: THE RIDE TO AKABA 164

AUDA AND HIS KINSMEN 178
_Copyright American Colony Stores, Jerusalem_

THE PILGRIM-RAILWAY 196

AKABA 212

MAP: LAWRENCE’S RIDES 226

DEMOLITIONS ON THE RAILWAY 254

ALI IBN EL HUSSEIN 260
_From a drawing by_ ERIC KENNINGTON

AZRAK 274

FAHAD OF THE BENI SAKHR 278
_From a drawing by_ ERIC KENNINGTON

ABDULLA EL ZAAGI 298
_From a drawing by_ ERIC KENNINGTON

MAHMAS 308
_From a drawing by_ ERIC KENNINGTON

MULE TRANSPORT NEAR ABA EL LISSAN 326
_Copyright French Army Photo. Dept._

MAP: THE CAMPAIGN IN THE NORTH 336

BUXTON’S MEN BLOWING UP MUDOWWARA STATION 342

AT GUWEIRA 346
_Copyright French Army Photo. Dept._

AN ARMOURED FORD IN THE DESERT 358
_Copyright Imperial War Museum_

LAWRENCE AND HIS BODYGUARD AT AKABA 370

FEISAL JUST AFTER HIS MEETING WITH ALLENBY 386
_Copyright Imperial War Museum_

LAWRENCE AT VERSAILLES 402

‘T.E.’ ON ‘BOANERGES,’ THE MOTOR-BICYCLE 428