تعرّف على ما تسمى الثورة العربية الكبرى عام 1916360 p H 264 AAC

and while governments wrestled with unrest at home they were also stirring up trouble abroad Britain been plotting to destabilize the Ottoman Empire since the War Began ottoman turkey was Germany's Ally in the Middle East her Empire stretched across Arabia into the hijaz vast desert area which included the holy cities of Medina and Mecca their loss would seriously under the Turks standing in the Muslim world and boost Britain's the British turned the Arabs of the hijaz holding out the carrot of Independence if they rose up against their Turkish Masters if the Arab Nation assisted England in this war that has been forced Upon Us by Turkey England will guarantee that no internal intervention will take place in Arabia and we will give Arabs every assistance against foreign aggression the idea of Britain backing Arabian Independence worried the indor office strong Arab State might be more dangerous to Christendom than strong ottoman State and Lord ketner's policy of destroying one Islamic State merely for the purpose of creating another has always seemed to me disastrous the India office needn't have worried kiter was playing cynical game never intending to hand real power to the Arabs of the hijaz but the British shower the Amir of Mecca Sharif Hussein with gold and dropped hints that if all went well he might realize his dream of becoming leader of the Arabs on the 5th of June 1916 the Arab Revolt began Mecca quickly fell to the rebels but the main Turkish Garrison at Medina held its ground the Turkish Commander fahri Pasha refused to surrender until my soldiers are buried under the rubble of Medina in crimson shroud of blood and fire the red flag of the Ottomans shall never be removed from the castle turrets of Medina the uprising commanded no popular support but the British did have man on the spot TE Lawrence charismatic 28-year-old officer attached to Sherif Hussein's forces in the hijaz Lawrence spoke Arabic he saw where the Arab strengths lay think one company of Turks properly entrenched in Open Country would defeat the sharif's armies there real sphere is Guerilla Warfare they would Dynamite railway plunder caravan steal camels better than anyone the Turks were most vulnerable along their stretched lines of communication Lawrence and the Arabs became experts in Railway sabotage the last stunt was the hold up of train the whole job took 10 minutes and they lost 70 killed my loot was super fine red baluch prayer rug hope this sounds the fun it is it's the most amateurish Buffalo Billy sort of performance German on the train saw the attack differently the bedwin mob came bursting into the carriage to kill and plunder could feel the blood pouring down my body but was left alone the thieves Minds were drawn towards looting having killed 40 men women and children and taken the rest captive TE Lawrence adopted the cause of Arab nationalism hope that the Turkish flag may disappear from Arabia it is so good to have helped in making new nation and hate the Turks so much that to see their own people turning on them is very gratifying Lawrence now dressed as an Arab he asked his mother for help with his costume if that Silk head cloth with the silver ducks on it last used believe as tablecloth still exists will you send it out to me such things are hard to get here now capturing Turkish hell Jerusalem was key British objective in 19 17 seizing the port of akaba would strengthen the Arab's case for role in the campaign Lawrence realized that all aka's guns pointed out to sea the town was defenseless from the rear that meant 600m ride across the hijaz at the height of Summer mud flats are Purgatory Sun reflects from them like mirror flame yellow cutting into our eyes 7 weeks later the Arab Force reappeared outside akaba catching the Turks totally off guard the town fell just four days later the Middle East was stunned General aleny commanding British forces in the region now wrote the Arab revolt and his Jerusalem campaign reinforcing it with armored cars air support artillery and Colonial troops on the 11th of December 1917 alanby entered Jerusalem on foot with his officers including Lawrence the Arabs would find they had won not self-rule but new Masters Lawrence had known all along that the Arabs of the hijaz were merely the tools of British subversion as he admitted long after the Arabs saw in me free agent of the British government and demanded from me an endorsement of its written promises so had to join the conspiracy and assured the men of their reward was continually and bitterly ashamed had been an honest adviser of the Arabs would have advised them to go home and not risk their lives fighting for such stuff