78.OttoGeppert(charged'affairesat theConstantinopleembassy)to AA,29 Dec.
1916,PA/Tiirkei165/Bd. 40.
79.ThisisdiscussedinEdouardBremond,Le Hedjazdansla GuerreMondiale,
103;andKedourie,EnglandandtheMiddleEast,99.
80.MacmunnandFalls,MilitaryOperationsEgyptandPalestine,230. Alsosee
Andersen,Seibert,andWagner,79.
81.Moberly,2:439-66;Woodward,107-10;andDesmondStewart,T.E.Lawrence,
14 2-44.
- Lacey,124-27.
83.TheentryforIJuly1916,T. E. Lawrence,TheHomeLettersofT.E. Lawrence
andHis Brothers,327.Somehistoriansas well haveattachedtoomuchsignificance
totherevolt. Forinstance,accordingtoKinross,608, therebellion"was tospreadto
all Arablandsandto exercise aprofoundinfluenceontheoutcomeofthewarandits
aftermath."
84.Thefull text is in"GreatBritainandtheHolyPlaces,"TheTimes(London), 28
July1916.RegardingtheBritisharmyconcernfortherevolt,noteMousa,17-18.
- Eldar, 337-38;Larcher,507; Nevakivi, 62-63;andBremond.
- Forexample,seethereportby aBritishagent,IbrahimDmitri,"Secret. AState-
mentonMy Visit toJeddahandYembofromjorhJuly torzthAugust1916.,"PROf
FO882/4/HRG/16138;andAppendixF,"CumulativeEvidenceofEnemyPoliticalAc-
tivity in Arabia," inthepamphletby theGeneralStaff,WO,"SummaryoftheHejaz
Revolt," 31Aug.1918,IOLR/L/MIL/17/16/13.
- Sykes,"TheProblemoftheNearEast," 20June1916,PRO/FO371/2774/137276;
Adelson,210-13;Busch,Britain, India,andthe Arabs,170-74;andDawn,"Influence
ofT. E.Lawrence,"74-75.RegardingtheWarCommittee(or WarCouncil),see
Kennedy,RealitiesBehindDiplomacy,176.
88.McMahonto FO, 13Sept.1916,PRO/FO/2775/182577,185308.
89.MacmunnandFalls,MilitaryOperationsEgypt&Palestine,230-34;McMahon
to FO,II,12 Oct.1916,containingWingate'sviews;andFO toMcMahon, 13 Oct.
1916,PRO/F0I371/203616,204128.
90.AlthoughbothWesternpowersagreedtorecognizeHusaynasking,until
DecembertheareaofhissovereigntyremainedquestionabletotheAnglo-French
who, asnotedpreviouslyinthisstudy,hopedthemselvestocontrolpostwarSyria,
Mesopotamia,andPalestine.SeeEldar,339-40;andBusch,Britain, Indiaandthe
Arabs,172-74.
91.ForLawrence'sworkandactivitywiththeArab forces, hisSeven PillarsofWis-
damisstillinformative.Also seeDawn,"InfluenceofT.E. Lawrence," 76;Stewart,
148-65;Mousa,16-28;andJames,Golden Warrior,141-74.
92.McMahonto FO, 7July1916,PRO/FO371/2773/132208;GershoniandJankowski,
Egypt, Islam,andthe Arabs,28-30;andKedourie,ChathamHouseVersion,181.
- ViceroyIndiato10, 6 July1916,PRO/FO371/2773/132030.
94.Busch,Britain, India,andthe Arabs,164-71;ViceroyIndiato10, 30 June,7July
1916,PRO/FO371/2773/126523,132237;andFOminutetoMcMahonto FO, 14July
1916,PRO/FO371/2774/137050,whichnotedthat"ourjobis tomakeourIndian
Moslemsrealizethatwe have nointentionofinterferingin thereligiousquestion,
butthattheSherif,in so far as he isfightingourenemies,isfightingfor usand
thereforemeritsoursupport."
