T. E. Lawrence to Will Lawrence

15 November l914 

Dear Will

I am going out to Egypt probably, at the end of this week, on special service. The Turks may do something in that direction, so if I were you I'd stay either there or in India.... In Belgium there is less scope for untrained people.

If Egypt falls, there will be trouble all through the East. I notice that you expected trouble in Delhi, if Turkey came in... but I think there won't be any unless some great man starts out on the warpath... and such people as the Nizam of Hyderabad and the Agha Khan (if he is really anybody great) know about as much of Turkish misrule as we do. The old Col. Nizim el Mulk, when I saw him was most splendidly anti-Turk.

Keep your eye on Afghanistan... there may be trouble there, though the Amir is out with a good deal of his army.

The Khedive is coming out against us... but declines with thanks.

Nothing doing, I fancy either in the Caucasus or in Sinai till spring... hope not, since I want time to look round and polish up my Bedouin dialects.

I'll give you an address in Egypt when I get out there (long sea!)... Don't do anything in a hurry.

N.