Obeid el Raashid, 18, 23, 26–27, 29, 30 Observer, The(London), 505 Odyssey(Homer), Lawrence’s translation of, 102n, 151, 489, 605, 625, 633, 643, 655, 661–62Official Secrets Act, 678Offit, Avodah, 140nO’Flaherty, Liam, 612Olivier, Sir Laurence, 690n, 692Oman, Charles, 165, 166 On the Waterfront(film), 692Orwell, George, Down and Out in Paris and London, 579Osler, Sir William, 219O’Toole, Peter, 693, 694, 695Ottoman Empire:archaeological sites in, 141, 184–85, 190, 199, 233, 239and British foreign policy, 12–13, 183, 260and British intelligence, 283and British Turcophiles, 12–13European ambitions for, 81–82, 270, 469, 697–98gun-running in, 218–19, 221as isolated and primitive for travelers, 168–69Lawrence’s first trip to, 168–76map by Lawrence, 532–33Sykes-Picot agreement on, 38, 40, 81, 276, 278–79, 504war rumors in, 202–3, 215war strategies against, 2, 253, 291, 531weaknesses of, 222, 224–25and World War I, 252Owen, Wilfred, 265Oxford:Ashmolean Museum, 136, 141, 155, 165, 182, 222, 223, 225, 675City of Oxford High School, 136–40, 144Lawrence family in, 128, 132, 497 Oxford Times, 539Oxford University:All Souls College, 119, 143, 185n, 484–85, 489–90, 491–92, 497, 503, 533, 557, 579, 587n, 681Bodleian Library, 618Jesus College, 153, 155–56, 162–65, 173–74, 176–77, 178, 182, 185–86, 202, 217Lawrence’s entrance into, 148, 151–52, 153Lawrence’s thesis in, 150, 163, 165, 176–77, 186, 202Magdalen College at, 185student life in, 154–55vanished world of, 491–92, 662Oxford University Officers’ Training Corps, 156, 158, 243Oxford University Press, 598
Palestine:borders of, 519–20, 524British control of, 412, 444, 451, 459, 460, 466, 474, 477, 505, 507, 509, 520, 697creation as separate entity, 697diverse populations of, 521–22flag of, 272holy sites in, 39, 466Jewish settlements in, 277, 306, 329, 451, 463, 466, 467, 468, 476, 509, 512, 520, 522, 531–32, 695Lawrence’s travels in, 171–72map survey of, 63, 83, 232–39as military goal, 100, 267military strategy between wars, 29national home for Jewish people in, 39, 399–400, 511, 520, 531–32, 697partition of, 39, 276, 329, 466political control of, 39, 280, 444, 458and Sykes-Picot agreement, 39, 276, 280, 451, 467Weizmann-Feisal agreement on, 465–68and Zionism, 280, 306, 328–29, 451, 458, 463, 466–67, 519–20, 524, 531Palestine Exploration Fund:mapping expedition, 63, 83, 232–41, 246report: ’e Wilderness of Zin, 241–42, 244, 250, 254Palmer, E. “Posh,” 606, 608Paris Peace Conference (1919), 468–78and Britain, 439–40, 453, 456–59, 462, 469, 475–76, 510Clemenceau at, 210, 460–61, 474and Council of Ten, 473–74and Feisal, 439, 452, 453, 455–59, 456, 459, 461, 468, 469, 472, 473–77and France, 439–40, 453, 456–59, 460, 469, 473–78and Lawrence, 96, 137, 210, 439–40, 452–53, 457, 459, 462, 471–74, 476, 485, 698Lloyd George at, 210, 460–61, 473Meinertzhagen at, 469–71and Middle East, 100, 460–61, 470, 473, 474, 476, 510scope of discussions at, 468–69TV film about, 694and Wilson, 210, 454, 458, 460, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476Parker, K. T., 675Patch, Blanche, 577Patton, George C., 694Peake, Frederick, 407, 409, 528–29Peerage Act (1963), 118Pepys, Samuel, 8Persia, oil in, 531Petrie, Flinders, 195, 197, 201, 202, 203–4, 222Philby, St. John “Jack,” 405n, 483, 484, 506, 529Pichon, Stйphen-Jean-Marie, 455, 461, 475Picot, seeGeorges-Picot, FranзoisPike, Manning, 598, 602, 611Pirie-Gordon, C. H. C., 167, 175Pisani, Rosario, 306, 419Plato, 630Pontius Pilate, 8, 353Poole, Reginald Lane, 155, 156Port Said, Lawrence’s travels in, 169, 175Pound, Ezra, 205, 672, 688Price, Hugh [Aprice], 152 Private Life of Henry VIII, The(film), 668PT boats, 649Pudovkin, Vsevolod, 62Pugh, Flight Sergeant, 608, 614, 616
Rabegh:defense of, 60French ambitions for, 47, 48journey to, 17–18, 21–28, 30–31Lawrence’s assignment to, 49–50military stores at, 298rumors of Turkish attack on, 47, 49Raleigh, Sir Walter, 119, 597Rashids, ibn Saud as emir of, 88Rasim, Damascene soldier, 372Rattigan, Terence, Ross, 694Rawlinson, Sir Henry, 251Redmond, John, 271Red Sea ports, 21, 88Rennell, Lord, 482 Reshadiye, 247–48 Revolt in the Desert[abridgement of Seven Pillars] (Lawrence):charity fund for income from, 622copyright sold to Cape, 602–3, 614critical reviews of, 622–23Doubleday’s suggestion of, 565film rights to, 634, 667–69, 691–94Garnett’s work on, 555, 558, 562, 565, 566–67, 575, 603, 614–15Lawrence’s fame enhanced by, 623Lawrence’s vacillation about, 573–75, 602, 614Lawrence’s work on, 504, 610, 614–15negotiations with publishers for, 566–67, 573, 575, 610publication of (1927), 501, 555, 593n, 617, 622–24quality of writing in, 615serialization of, 617Shaw’s ideas about, 565–67, 572Rhys, Sir John, 173–74Richards, Vyvyan W., 156–59at Jesus College, 156Lawrence as object of aГection to, 157–58, 159, 161, 189, 210, 494Lawrence’s correspondence with, 189, 214, 494and Morris designs, 156–57, 159and printing press scheme, 157, 178, 186, 189, 195, 197, 202, 214, 232, 494, 501and Seven Pillars, 556–57Richard the Lionheart, 32, 206Richthofen, Manfred Freiherr von “Red Baron,” 356Riyadh, ibn Saud’s capital at, 88, 279, 452–53, 484RMS Rajputana, 635, 636–37, 636Robertson, Sir William, 284Robeson, Paul, 668Rogers, Bruce, 643Rolls (driver), 409, 427Rommel, Erwin “Desert Fox,” 686Roosevelt, Franklin D., 303n, 484Ross, John Hume:Lawrence’s RAF name, 542–43 see alsoRoyal Air ForceRothenstein, Sir William, 508Rothschild, Lord, 39, 463, 468Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 212Royal Air Force (RAF):air strips in the desert, 516army compared with, 579–80, 602at Bridlington, Yorkshire, 667, 669–70Cadet College, Cranwell, 553, 606–9, 616, 624at Cattewater, 635–36, 640–42dirigibles, 646–48“dumb insolence” in, 628escape clause in, 541, 543, 564esprit de corps in, 579at Farnborough, 558–61, 568, 572, 575, 617, 629at Felixstowe, 660–61friction caused by Lawrence’s presence in, 628–30, 631, 634–35, 639–40at Habbaniya, Iraq, 514–15“Iris” III crash, 651–52in Karachi, 621–22, 623–24 King’s Regulationson, 628Lawrence in the ranks of, as John Hume Ross, 535–39, 541–47, 564–65, 569, 572Lawrence’s desire to re-enter, 602, 603Lawrence’s discharge from, 574, 575–76Lawrence’s overseas posting with, 616–17Lawrence’s recommendations for reform of, 210Lawrence’s re-entry into, as AC2/AC1 Shaw, 603, 605–9, 621–22, 624, 626, 633, 641, 658Lawrence’s retirement from, 653, 659–60, 666, 667, 672limitations of air travel in 1919, 482–83Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment, 660–61 ’e Mintabout, 537, 541, 544, 547–54, 597–98, 619, 625, 633, 687Mount Batten, 642, 646, 650, 651, 659–60on Northwest Frontier, 631–34photography school of, 553, 558, 559, 569public attention to Lawrence in, 566–70, 574, 602, 617, 638–40, 660RAF Benevolent Fund, 622recruit training in, 547–54rescue launches of, 641, 649, 650, 651, 652, 671and Royal Flying Corps, 477, 514Seaplane Tenders (200 Class), 409, 653social class distinctions in, 536, 547, 669and Trenchard, 514, 536at Uxbridge, 605–6at Waziristan, 631–34Royal Engineers, 51Royal Flying Corps (RFC):and aerial photography, 286and Arab Revolt, 52, 56, 311, 396, 409–10, 514Handley-Page bombers of, 414–15, 477, 482, 606history of, 597–98reconnaissance flights of, 56as Royal Air Force, 477, 514and Turkish aircraft, 14, 52, 409–10and Will’s death, 282Royal Navy, 21, 223and Alexandretta plan, 262and attack on Wejh, 64, 65–66oil needed for, 40and World War I, 245and Yenbo defense, 56, 59, 60Royal Tank Corps (RTC), 576–81, 589, 591, 594, 597, 602Ruawalla (Rualla) tribesmen, 403, 416, 423, 429Russia:abdication of the czar, 305and allied shipping, 4ambitions for Middle East, 12, 38, 39, 40, 81, 253, 270n, 279–80assault on Erzurum, 283, 289, 291Bolshevik regime in, 39, 280, 453and the “great game,” 632peace with Turkey, 381, 398revolution (1917) in, 39, 280, 360rumors about Lawrence in, 634–35secret treaties published by, 39, 280, 360, 361, 437and Sykes-Picot agreement, 39, 40, 81, 279–80, 413Russian army, in World War I, 4, 10, 242, 246, 249–50, 269, 305Russo-Turkish War (1877), 246