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Haamad el Mangara 157, 175

Haamad el Tagtagi 397, 608

Habban see Sherm Habban

Hadhodha 291

Hadhramaut 14

Hadi 670, 674, 676, 686, 695–6; Diary Aug. 1918 819

Hadra 331

Hafira, Wadi 440, 441, 507, 591, 615, 676, 688; Diary May. 1918 819

Hai, tribes of 40

Haifa 97, 430, 487, 757

Hail, capital of ibn Rashid 151, 277, 522

hair: Arab styles 460; in tombs 569

Haj, el 329, 343

Hajar 63

Hajim Bey 496–8, 499–500, 508

Halil Pasha 40

Hallat Ammar: Arabs raid 404, 406, 447; armoured car raid 609–10; Marshall raids 621, 643; Turks reoccupy 644

Hama, Syria 361, 362–3, 423

Hamd el Arar ibn Jazi 177, 318, 515, 538, 544, 671

Hamdan el Saih 458

Hamdh, Wadi 14, 131, 154–7, 158, 159, 181, 203, 209–11, 224, 225–7; Diary Apr., May 1917 816

Hamed the Moor 178, 182, 184; kills member of Ageyl 184; shot by TEL 185

Hameida clan of Juheina 157

Hamid el Rifada 105, 156, 158

Hamid Fakhri Pasha 537, 544

Hamilton, Alexander 26

Hamman, Wadi 314

Hamra village: Feisal at 70, 75–7, 80–94; (104); Turks invade 108; (124, 127, 131)

Hamud, Feisal’s slave 479, 483; death 486

Hanbag, Wadi 183

hand-to-hand combat 629–30

Hannibal 103

Harb tribes: around Rabegh, doubtful loyalties 52, 60–1, 93, 99, 104, 125; rivalries 64–5; Emir 70; routed at Nakhl Mubarak 108, 111, 119; Feisal collects 124; harry Turkish rear 124; on march to Wejh 130; snipers 131; in attack on Wejh 138; (209, 650); see also Beni Salem Harb clan; Masruh Harb clan

Hardinge, Charles, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, Viceroy of India 42

Hardinge, HMS 47, 133; as depot ship 135, 137–8, 140, 141, 158, 159–60; at Wejh 162, 173–4, 351; (353, 354); Feisal guest on 512–13; Diary Jan. 1917 816; Aug. 1917 817

Harim 358

Harith, el 66, 111, 466

Harith, Shepherd King 693

Harrat el Aweirid (volcanic plain) 255–8

Hasa 13

Hasaida, Wadi 300

Hashemite Regiment 647

Hassan, Haurani peasant: in TEL’s bodyguard 487; death 778

Hassan Bey, A.D.C. 485

Hassan Chowish 496

Hassan Shah, Jemadar: at Hemme 434–5; offers tea 444; at Shedia 444–5; rides for Tell el Shehab 468; at Azrak 488, 491, 596, 599

Hassan Sharaf, doctor 141, 142, 181

Hatmal, Sukhur chief 591–2, 593, 611

hats, European 97

Hauptmann, Gerhart 661

Hauran, el, plateau 305, 306, 309, 360, 367, 378, 493; railways 430, 432, 434, 641; planned operation, 1918 640; railways to be cut 711; (715, 722, 728–32, 765–6, 770)

Haurani people 360, 367, 430, 434; join Feisal 431; in TEL’s bodyguard 378, 652; punishment 622; plans for reaching Jericho, June 1918 631; on railway raid 725; at Mezerib 730, 738; at Umtaiye 746; (759, 760); report to Um el Surab 761; (763)

Hausa 280

Hawara 439; Diary Sept. 1917 817; Dec 1917 818

Hawarneh 714

Hawazim clan 130

Hazaa, Sherif 603, 605, 606–7, 608, 649, 650

Hazim, near Azrak 300, 317, 671

heat-stroke 324–5

Hedia 131, 179, 213, 214, 216, 411

Hegagish people 627

Heidan 343; Diary July 1917 817

Heiran, Jebel 153, 154, 182, 333

Heiran, Wadi 182–3

Heiwat 334

Hejaia tribe 630

Hejaz Armoured Car Company (HACC): at Wejh 169, 172–3; sand-driving 173; role in AR 373, 519; roads made 416, 515, 516–17; exploring plain 556; at Guweira 515; railway raiding 517–19; at Wadi Murra 570; at Guweira 605–6; attack Tell Shahm 606–9; (619–20, 648); expedition to Azrak 669–73; at Azrak 674; return journey 674–6; motoring joyfulness 670–3, 674, 676; tyres 675, 685, 695; with ICC 689; touring about 695–6; lust of speed 696–7; car left at Ammari 695; recovered 696; drive to Aba el Lissan 696–7; tea in desert 697; at Azrak, Sept. 1918 708; raid railway 714–15, 718–20;  breakdown and repair 720–1; cars stuck in soil 721–2; on railway raids 726–3; attack Turkish aerodrome 747–8; bombed 748; petrol tank shot 752; railway raids 746–7, 751, 762–3; Blue Mist tender 785, 786, 795; experience in Hejaz 788; arrive at Damascus 808

Hejaz Command, Turkish: brass band 55–6, 57, 58

Hejaz province 16, 29, 35; on outbreak of WWI 30; AR prepared in 32; campaign in 34–336; arab affairs go wrong 42; Arab rule restored 49–51; opposition to AR 50; compared to Syria 356; politics in, 1918 699, 702; see also place names

Hejaz Railway: Turkish project 29; Turks control 30, 52, 93; Turks defend and maintain 174, 192, 222, 260, 522; Garland attacks 104, 174–5; Arab attacks planned 175, 180; attacks and attempts – (Aba el Naam 201–7), 209–10, (Madahrij 212–16), 222, 223, 229, 231–2, 234, 254–5, 260–1, (Arabs cross 260–1), 306–9, (Minifir 310, 312, 313), (Atwi 314–16), (Ghadir el Haj 321–2), (planned 376–7, 378–9), 400–12 (train mined 402–12, 413), 416, 417–23, (train mined 421–3), 424, (Yarmuk valley 432, 434–6), line crossed 444–5, 446, 447, 465, 468–70, 473–82, (Kilo. 172 bridge 478), (Kilo. 149 bridge – Turks repair 746, armoured train passes 746–7, 750); (train mined 483–5), (plans re, Dec. 1917 513, 514), (with armoured cars 517–19), (Jurf el Derawish 531–3), (Shobek 534), (Allenby’s view of 572, 574), (Amman 594, 595), (Jerdun 601–2), (Ghadir el Haj 602), (Maan 603–4), (plans for using armoured cars 605–6), (Tell el Shahm 606–8), (Ramleh 608–9, 610), (Mudowwara 609–10), (finally shattered, Maan– Mudowwara 610), (northward from Maan 611, 614–15), (bombed 614–15), 618, 620, 621, (Hesa 621–2), (Faraifra 622, 623), 623, 625, 630, (Ifdein 714–15), (Deraa lines 721, 722–3, 728), (Mafrak 751–2), (Haurani 761), (cross north of Umtaiye 767, 768), (damage north of Umtaiye) 770; at Abu Taka ill.; see also names of stations

Hejelah clan 130

Hejris, Feisal’s slave 113, 115, 146, 616–17

Hellal mountain 342

Hemeid: in TEL’s bodyguard 378, 740–1

Hemme bridge, Yarmuk valley 434–5, 447, 462, 465

Henakiyeh 17, 105, 124, 131, 151

Henderson, Flight Lieutenant T., RE 5

Hermon, Mount 473, 686, 722

Hesa, Wadi 531, 537, 540–1; battle in 541–6, 547, 551, 572, 573; (566–7, 580); railway 615, 620; Nasir at 622–3, 629; TEL at 624; bombed 622–3, 624; Turks evict Nasir 638; (711); Diary May. 1918 819

Hesa station: Nasir attacks 621–2

Hesban, Jordan valley 628; Diary Feb. 1918 818

Hesma 249; Diary Sept., Oct 1917 817

Hesna hills 67

Heswa valley 516

Heteym race 105, 152, 204, 442; shepherd boy 203–4, 205–6, 208

Hilmi Bey 703

Hira 464

Hisha: forest 514; railway 513; Turkish post 374

Hogarth, David George: personality 38; in Cairo MID 166, 221; at Bir Salem 571–2; with TEL and Dawnay, 1918 ill.

Holdich, Colonel, Chief of EEF Intelligence 43

Holy War (Jehad) proclaimed by Turks 28–9, 30, 33, 92

homosexuality 10, 251–2, 528–31, 581–3

Homs, Syria 361, 362–3

honour 371, 463, 652–3, 667, 703; affair of 146

honours and decorations 7, 546, 647, 698

Horeik 770

Hornby, Captain H. S., RE 5; attacking railway 216, 229, 254–5, 259, 603, 606, 607, 610, 620, 621–2, 623, 625, 629; working with Arabs 710–11, 753

horse-flies 707–8, 712

horses 182, 192, 376, 641, 647; captured from Turks 773; and camels 575, 781, 785; see also mares

Hoshan 217

Houl, el, plain 263–74, 279

Howeimil, cousin of Zaal 404, 411–12

Howeitat tribe 146, 178, 230, 241, 242, 277; dialect 246–7; song 246; on march to Akaba 248–9, 262, 265, (sought at Wadi Fejr 266–7), 269, 270, 276, 281–2, 311, 325; in battle of Aba el Lissan 327; (329); hospitality 283–8, 290–1; swear fealty 292–3; at Auda’s feast 298; permission to travel through country of 301; danger from 330; letters sent to chiefs from Akaba 331; returned to Guweira and around Maan 340–1, 351; members cross Sinai with TEL 341–3; negotiate with Turks 352, 353–4; fear of air attack 355; on railway raids 377, 378, 379; at Guweira 384–5; threaten mutiny 384–5; at Rum 390, 395–6; on railway raids 398, 399, 400, 413, 415; boy in Wadi Hafira 507; (511, 532, 533); at TaWleh 535, 551; ride from Guweira 556, 560; railway raids 602, 621, 644; at Bair well 676, 678, 686; at Sheikh Saad773; see also Abu Tageiga; Abu Tayi; Jazi; Toweiha Howeitat clan

Huber, Charles 61

Hubsi, the, Auda’s cousin 310, 312, 795

Hudheil tribe 123, 514, 562

Humber, HMS: at Akaba 377, 435; Christmas dinner on 512

hunger 338–9, 482, 527

Husb 570

Hussein, el, Sherif, Harithi 111

Hussein Abu Naif 433, 488

Hussein el Atrash, Druse chieftain 294, 502, 794

Hussein ibn Ali el-Aun, Sherif, Emir of Mecca; personality 30, 83–4, 351, 352; held in Constantinople 29; prelude 29–30; upbringing of sons 29–30, 84; returns to Mecca, on outbreak of WWI 30–1; fosters AR 30–3, 86; British negotiations with 39, 40, 41, 42, 218; relations with Feisal 352, 632, 698, 699, 702; rule of Hejaz, 1916 49–51, 66, 84; funds and supplies for AR 50, 86, 89; telephone calls to Jidda 52–3, 55, 58; pride in brass band 55–6, 58; Arabs’ regard for 89; TEL meets 45; and Jaafar 166; and proposed transfer of Arab Army to Allenby’s command 351, 352; refuses leave to army 353; asked to allow reinforcement of Feisal’s forces 632, 633, 634, 640; and peace negotiations with Turkey 666, 667; repudiates Jaafar’s command of Arab Army 698–700; area of influence 699; apology sought from 700, 702–3; proclaimed King in Damascus 794; ill., 1916

Hussein ibn Mabeirig, Sheikh of Rabegh: supports Turks 52, 60, 63, 79, 89, 125; house looted 194