1920-22 Draft of the Seven Pillars of Wisdom – Page 36

VII. The rebellion of Mecca The origin of the State of Mecca had long been sacerdotal. The old Sharif assumed sacred from the prophet Mohammed's descent in which descent Talama, also H a r u n, his sister's son, Shelkhuha of M e c c a, or Mecca, no longer contested. From this stock of Mecca, the elective Sharif of Sharifs, endorsed as he so earned and unfettered from rule, The faithful having had self-imposed rule in Mecca for the last nine hundred years and were constituted twelve hundred years in the Ottoman government recognized this elder of "Monchicatees" years with the reservation that, for the Shereefing some, wished two Shariffs to survive and govern the Haram. This system, though ancient, the empire appeared occupied at its of Kyfe by had said the lord cherge for the succession reign to the Lord of Lord's the veil intended to be distil; when a rule the Turks found that they "sheiks the light would this unimpaired come as part of the right there-direction for that form - shemile tribe. The Sharif would laid first it enclosed in defiance, then exhumed, built Cherys Ridge high near to Warra and exercised thus influence some rude house titles as the and upheld and loved expectation if so bi Indians gave always a venuous to assert ruls more and more slem reth, the Sharif "Mecca kept" and you so reason resorted to shew a Sharif its man-sliced forth the vicor, and appointed a successor from a rural period of the dew, or hope of remin, the Sheyed Omar al-Atrak would do not Otheish his rumen wish among some of the party appearing Ottoman now no sooner the a forticiple into incorerable exploring at once to the Aladdin, Field and Sicily with the mother eaders has oins opportunity to perish the world all shadalis Field and Jidda with the oculor culicata instrument which eforced him to huid the Arab swine to exercise in the present son. When old at Mawald fell the fear writ King Turks avenged this policy and sent much difficulty thence to Mecca is Emva. He at once set to unite unobtrusively, to usher the forms of the Baviats and attemptiro himself on the old bases; higher the wished in close and parallel srock with Constantinople by the intimidating of his and Aballa frida despised the Turrish demiths, and Mednil, married for Jadda. This part was no pofed still for political of aim in the capital, until not forts cuit, but line they allowed no share to Mecca Westinuch from his hejro in great difficulty. The pildiminte ceased, and with it all the wandrirg and compilation of the holy Cities. There was reason to piss the the Indian Poo-olr's would cease to come (since the Sharif become biecausally an eniemy awsut) and is the promises portaid almost no pro of the mon, it would become useless, ofeated in tie quis-aide of the Turks, who would elevate by useing the Hejj Pilgrims had oner have, exarted, of the Turks when, he had obtained of the shadalla and had as on as the "allied the moose of the Turks" and "the Hejaz moslems," Mushtaida raised his help in Hejaz Tablal" The Hejj was fi ued Moslems against