relief mission to, 147–8

surrender of, 148

Lama (ship), 168, 172

Laurie, Janet, 75–6

Lawrence, Arnold (Arnie) (brother), 25, 333

birth, 10

marriage, 30

Lawrence, Frank (brother), 24

birth, 10

death, 138

Lawrence, John (grandfather), 7

Lawrence, Montague Robert (Bob) (brother)

birth, 8, 23

domination by mother, 15–16

Lawrence, Sarah (mother), 7–8

qualities, 11–12

domination by, 15–17, 30

Lawrence, Thomas (father), 7–8, 13. 14

Thomas Chapman’s name-change to, 9

death, 355

Lawrence, Thomas Edward

family background, 7–10

birth, 10

childhood, 10–31

financial circumstances in childhood, 14–15

beatings by mother, 16

and pain, 17–18

emotional withdrawal, 18

schooldays, 21–31

at Boys’ High School, Oxford, 22–3

and masculinity, 25

and empathy, 25–6

and women, 27, 75–6

and medieval world, 27–8

family life, 29–30

lying and truth, 32–4, 70–74, 243, 291–5, 320

in Royal Garrison Artillery, 32–3

cycling, 35–6

in France, 36–9, 47–8

at Oxford University, 38–48

canoeing, 46

malaria, 48

and Young Turk’s revolution, 49–54

and Jews, 62–3

in Safed, 63

first shot at, 68

reports of murder of, 71

and ‘failure as sin’, 73

in Oxford, 75–9

proposal of marriage, 75–6

and Dahoum, 88–9, 109–11, 122

at Carchemish, 93–108

illness at Jarablus, 90–92

in Egypt, 93–108

at Kafr Ammar, 94–5

behaviour at Expedition House, 97–8

at Jebayyil with Dahoum, 102–4

speaking Arabic, 106

beating at Khalfati, 107

in Oxford with Dahoum, 109–11

last visit to Carchemish, 120–22

last sight of Dahoum, 122

in Cairo, 129–31

in Mesopotamia, 131–49

in Cairo Intelligence, 149

alienation of others, 131

his bravery, 138–9, 247–8

outbreak of Arab Revolt, 153–66

first mission to Hejaz, 167–88

dislike of ‘Abdallah, 170

camel-riding, 176

Sharif ‘Ali and, 177–9

first meeting with Feisal, 181–2

first closeness with Bedu, 185

as Propaganda Officer, 190

wearing Arab dress, 192–3

dislike of Vickery, 201

and executions, 211–14

sees desert as ally, 216

at Mudahrij, 222–4

meeting with ‘Ali and Othman, 232–4

crossing al-Houl, 235–9

search for Gasim, 236–9

and deception of Arabs, 240–41

and Arab Nationalism, 240

and ‘nobility’ of Arabs, 242–3

almost shot, 245

on bravery, 247–8

Mudowwara raid, 254–72

traverse of Sinai, 254–60

Allenby as father-figure, 261

Auda’s defection and, 262–3

and Operation Hedgehog, 263

attack on Mudowwara, 266–71

Yarmuk operation and Dara’a incident, 273–98

opportunities lost, 281

rape at Dara’a, 282–95

approval of homosexuality, 298

personal bodyguard and, 295–7

as personally unclean, 295

at Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem, 298

shoots Othman, 309

massacre at Tafas and, 313–14, 330–34

quarrel with Young, 316

wounded, 325–6

and Peace Conference, 343–58

offer of knighthood, 343

writing of Seven Pillars, 346–51

in Who’s Who, 352

discovery of his real name, 355

as John Hume Rosss, 359–60

in RAF, 359–66, 372, 375

at School of Photography, Farnborough, 365

as T.E. Shaw, 367

enters army, 367

thoughts of suicide, 372

and speed, 374

death, 376–7

Lawrence, William (brother), 24, 110

birth, 10

death, 142

‘Lawrence of Arabia’, birth of myth, 173

Lawrence of Arabia (film), 332

Layard, Henry, 23

Lean, David, 332

Leeds, Edward, 36, 58, 69, 71, 77, 79, 97, 119, 122, 142, 272

on Dahoum, 110

on cruelty, 334

Liddell Hart, Basil, 14, 20, 25, 32, 58, 122, 181, 182, 292, 305, 363

honours and, 343

Lloyd, George, 57, 129, 132, 133, 138, 277

Lloyd George, D. (prime minister), 345

Lockman, J.N., 294

Logan, W.M., 131

love, 76

lying (and truth), 33–4, 246, 291–5, 302–6, 320, 333–5

to Bedu, 243

Sinai crossing, 259–60

food-tray, 275

at Dara’a, 282–95

Hubert Young, 288

personal bodyguard, 295–7

M.31 (ship), 194

Ma’an, 119

Mack, John, 291, 334, 371

Mafraq, attack on, 328–9

malaria, 48, 64, 101–2, 141

Mamluks, 53–4

ibn Mansour, Muhsin, 160

al-Mansur, Ahmad, 180

bin Mansur, Ahmad, 165

mapmaking, 123

in Cairo, 131

masculinity, idealization of, 25

masochism, 17, 33, 107–8, 179, 332, 354, 370

al-Masri, Aziz ‘Ali, 164, 318

Mata’ab, 301

Mather, H.E., 32, 46

Maxwell, General Sir John, 133, 148

McGee, Sergeant-Major, 359

McMahon, Sir Hugh, 129, 137, 141, 144

Hussain’s letter and, 140

capture of Aqaba and, 228

Mecca, 153

Medforce, 137–8, 142

medieval world, 27–8

Medina, 215–17, 229

Feisal at, 182

Fakhri Pasha evacuates, 209

Meinertzhagen, Richard, 292, 294

Meissner Pasha, 124

Mesopotamia, 128–49

division of, 344

Meyricke Exhibition, Jesus College, 39–40

Mezerib, 326

al-Mezra’a, attack at, 306

Milli-Kurds, 105

mines, 220

at Mudahrij, 222–4

near Mudowwara, 268–9

at Kilometre 589, 276

at Ramleh, 312

at Nasib, 327

at Kilometre 149, 328

Mint, The (Lawrence), 350

Miranshah, Afghanistan, 372

al-Misri, Azia ‘Ali, 168

Mohammad, Prophet, 53, 173

Moreton cemetery, 377

Morris, Jan, 21

Morris, William Henry (Lord Nuffield), 21, 35, 43–4, 139

Morrison, Walter, 101

Mousa, Suleiman, 246, 305

ibn Mubeiriq, Sheikh Hussain, 164, 175

Mudahrij, Lawrence at, 222–4

Mudowwara

raid on, 254–72

Lawrence’s choice of, 264

attack on, 266–71

al-Mukhlis, Maulud, 181, 183, 192

Murphy, Lieutenant, 322

Murray, Sir Archibald, 148–9, 169, 352

Murray, Edward, 367

Murray, General, 171, 189–90

Feisal writing to, 195–6

Aqaba and, 228

Musil, Alois, 275

Muttar, 154

an-Nahabi, ‘Abdallah, 297

Nahi Bey

homosexual rape at Dara’a, 283–4

as pederast, 285

Nakhl Mubarak, battle at, 194–5

Naqab ash-Shtar, 275

Nasib, railway at, 327

Nasir, Sharif, 334

and attack on Aqaba, 231

search for Gasim, 237

and capture of Tafilah, 299–300

Necho, Pharaoh, 81

Nelson, Flight-Lieutenant, 362

New, E.H., 61

Newcombe, Captain Stewart, 115, 116, 118, 129, 132, 133, 138, 190

Nicolson, Sir Harold, 19

Nietzsche, 19

Nineveh, excavation of, 23

Nixon, Sir John, 143

nobility, ideas of, 110

Nuffield, Lord (William Henry Morris), 21, 35, 43–4, 139

Nural-Bahr (ship), 209

Obeyd, Sheikh, 176–8

Ocampo, Victoria, 15, 16

Odeh, Reverend Nasar, 61

Odyssey, translation of, 374

Officers’ Training Corps, Oxford University, 58

‘Old Man’, invention of, 367–71

‘Old Syria’, Lawrence and, 240

Oman, Sir Charles, 41

Operation Hedgehog, 263

Orientalism, 112

Othman (‘Farraj’)

meets Lawrence, 232–4

death of, 308–9

Ottoman Empire

beginning of end, 49

entering war, 122

war declared on Britain, 127

Owen, Wilfred, 146

Oxford, 21, 38–48, 55–60, 75–9

family move to, 10