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T. E. Lawrence
a union of indexes compiled by Hazel K. Bell

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  • Integrated: Letters I, II and IX

  • Added at foot of page: SP22

  • To be added: Wilson


Sadleir, Michael IX: 120, 122

Sainsbury, Hester IX: 9, 11

salmon IX: 165, 169, 176

Salmond, Air-Marshal Sir Geoffrey I: 90, 91; II: 56, 57, 88; visits Karachi II: 201-2, 205  

Samuel, Sir Herbert I: 152-3, 154

Sargent, John Singer II: 26, 28

Sassoon, Sir Philip II: 101, 206, 211, 212-13

Sassoon, Siegfried I: 116, 118; II: 26, 28; IX: xiv, 8, 11, 121, 127; Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man IX: 77

Saturday Review II: 68, 69

Savage, Raymond I: 21, 22, 23, 131, 141-2, 210

Schneider Trophy IX: 75, 78, 85, 105, 116, 122, 199

Schubert, Franz: music II: 88

Scotland I: 114, 191; II: 60; Church II: 63  

Scott, Kathleen, Lady (later Lady Kennett) I: 50, 52; II: 124 

Scott, Sir Walter I: 114, 118

Scriabin, Alexander I: 80, 83

Secker, Martin II: 155, 156

Sempach, battle of II: 153

Serbati, Antonio Rosmini I: 202, 203

Seven Pillars of Wisdom: humour I: 146; TEL quotes from I: 197, 199:
HISTORY AND PRODUCTION: TEL's reasons for writing I: 4, 8; first and second mss I: xiv, 22; ms stolen IX: 43; early versions IX: 8, 11, 13, 48; ms in Bodleian I: 38, 41, 46, 173; Oxford Times proof printing I: xiv, 3-4, 6, 14, 41, 44, 69, 101, 123, 139, 146, 148, 209; TEL sends to GBS I: 3-5, 15; GBS comments on I: 6, 11-13, 17, 30-2, 38, 41, 43; CS comments on I: 10, 25-7, 38; TEL comments on I: xiii, 4-5, 11, 20-1, 33-4, 36-7, 38, 41, 43, 65, 82, 97-8, 140, 141, 146, 158; IX: 13, 42, 45; comments on prose IX: 95, 99-100; length I: 3, 6, 12; abridgement considered I: 12, 22, 28, 68; E. Garnett's abridgement I: 14, 16, 17, 27, 34, 69, 80; abridgement scheme opposed by GBS I: 23-5, 124; negotiations with Cape I: 21, 23, 24, 28, 30, 34, 36, 80, 123, 124, 125-8, 130, 131, 137; TEL's attitude to profits from I: 68, 69; announced in press I: 23; first contract cancelled I: 36, 69; in The Owl I: 56; subscription edition planned I: 46, 47-8, 49, 68, 69, 81-2, 84-5, 129-30, 159; finances I: 124; subscribers sought I: 45, 48, 81, 84; cut by TEL I: 81-2, 119, 122, 139; typography and design I: 81, 85, 97, 101, 113, 114, 117, 131, 133, 136-7, (for dates I: 201); proofs I: 96-8, 101-2, 116-17, 119, 123, 132, 138, 139, 148, 152, 154-5, (read by Shaws I: xv, 84, 97-8, 103-10, 111-12, 134, 136-7, 147, 149), ( CS's corrections I: 106-10, 111-12), (TEL works on I: 84-5, 91, 110, 122, 135, 140, 143, 157, 165); letter circulated to subscribers I: 134, 135; US edition I: 137; colour printing I: 192; final preparations I: 122, 192, 208; Castle Hill Press edition, 1997 I: 37; bibliographical details IX: 201; see also Revolt in the Desert (abridged version):
COMPONENTS: title I: 102; flyleaf I: 172, 182, 183; preface considered I: 59; acknowledgements I: 110; division into books I: 102; introductory book I: 134, 135; first chapter (originally) I: 103, 105, 106-7, 110-11; chapter II I: 105; Book V I: 134, 135, 143; Book VI I: 146, 157; Book VII I: 146; Book VIII I: 146; Book IX I: 146, 154-5; Book X I: 156; epilogue I: 154, 155; Appendix II I: 183; illustrations I: 36, 37, 46, 48, 49, 81, 101-2, 129, 146, IX: 190; (decorative capitals I: 101, 102, 138), (frontispiece I: 39), (portraits I: 39, 101- 2, 142, 202), (tail-pieces I: 101, 158, 159, 181); maps I: 82, 192

Letters II: 4, 202; writing of xii; Oxford Times proof printing (1922) II: 16, 35, 66, 69, 113, 115, 138, (bound II: 55, 133), (word-count II: 34); TEL works on subscribers' abridgement II: xi, 27, 67; draft of Chapter ii II: 217, 219; bindings II: 9-10, 25, 46, 48, 54-5, 64-5, 90, 99, 113, 118, 125, 133; dates in II: 140, 144; Epilogue by GBS II: 119, 120; finances II: 8-9, 11, 17, 19, 22; illustrations II: 8, 22, 27, 114, 115, (exhibited see Leicester Galleries); length II: 34, 184-5; press-work II: 218, 219; quotations echoed II: 67-8, 69; typography II: 216; cut-down proof sent to TEL in India II: 14, 25, 65, 80, 114; distribution II: 25-6; press comment and reviews II: xii, xiii, 19, 23, (De la Bθre II: 45-6), (Philby II: 37); GBS writes of II: 7-10; opinion of TEL's service friends II: 164; TEL comments on II: xiii, 19, 27, 71-2, 73, 80, 88, 112-13, 113-14, 129-30, 133, 150, 166, 184, 192-3; TEL's bound copy II: 90, 98, 118, 124; Shaws' copy II: 48, 54-5, 108, (of Oxford text II: 113, 115, 133); sales II: 98-9; Trust II: 8; US publication II: 23, 96, 97; commercial abridgement II: 9, see also Revolt in the Desert;  and LA II: 134, 137, 138, 143, 147, 204-5

sexuality I: 78, 83; IX: 132

Shakespeare, William I: 153, 154; IX: 53, 110-11; illustrations for works of I: 127, 129; The Tempest I: 76

Shallowford cottage (HW's), Filleigh, north Devonshire IX: 82, 83, 84, 114, 116, 120, 140, 156, 157, 163; garden IX: 163, 177; staff IX: 163

Shanks, Edward II: 67, 69; IX: 60, 64

Sharp, Clifford IX: 113-14, 115

Sharp, William ('Fiona Macleod') I: 94, 96

Shaw, Charlotte I: xiii, 24, 54, 55, 56, 58, 60; IX: 67; early life and marriage I: xiv; first meets TEL I: xiii, xix, 3; reads SP I: 9, 11, 26; comments on SP I: 10, 25-7; obtains surgeon's help for TEL's friend I: 85, 112- 13; reads proofs of SP I: xv, 103, 116-17, 119, 122, 123, 134, 136-7, 139, 143, 147, 148; corrections to proofs I: 106- 10, 111-12; gifts to TEL I: xv, xvi, 61, 144, 159, 199, 204, 206, 210, (books and journals I: xv, 56, 57, 60, 73, 78-9, 85, 117, 135, 149, 152, 155, 156, 165, 167, 172, 178, 189, 190); TEL's gifts to I: 209; TEL visits, 1926 I: 164; TEL's view of their correspondence I: xvi, 77, 196, 198-9; relationship with TEL I: xiv-xvi; meetings in TEL's last month in England, 1926 I: 208, 209-10; and Churchill I: 207; meetings with TEL, listed I: 212; will I: 214:
WRITINGS: diary entries I: xvi, 3, 77, 139, 144, (diaries archived I: 213); letter to Cockerell I: 10, (archived I: 213); letters to TEL I: 25-7, 103, (archived I: 213); Selected Passages from the Works of Bernard Shaw Chosen by Charlotte F. Shaw I: 21, 22, 26-7; translation of play by Brieux I: 61:
TEL's LETTERS TO I: 33-4, 57, 59, 60-1, 62, 63-5, 67-8, 69-72, 72-3, 73-5, 76-7, 77-82, 84-5, 86, 87, 87-9, 90-1, 92-6, 96-100, 100-2, 110-11, 111-12, 112-13, 114-17, 119, 120-2, 123, 124-5, 125, 131-2, 133-5, 135-8, 139, 140-2, 143, 143-4, 145-7, 148-9, 149-51, 152, 152-4, 154-5, 155-6, 157-9, 159-61, 162-3, 163-4, 164-5, 165-7, 167-8, 168-9, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174-6, 177, 177-8, 179-81, 182, 182-4, 184-6, 186-7, 188, 190, 191-3, 193-7, 199-200, 200-2, 203-4, 205-6, 206, 207-8, (archived I: 213)

Letters II: early life II: 81-6; marriage II: xv; gifts to TEL II: 12-13, (books and journals II: 13-14, 17, 23- 4, 30-1, 45, 48, 55, 63, 69, 70-1, 74, 94, 105, 108, 110, 116, 117, 123, 125, 137, 140, 145, 148, 150, 153-4, 163, 167, 180, 184, 186, 188, 197, 218); relationship with TEL II: 62; TEL writes of II: 69-70, 127, 139- 40, 145; TEL's view of his correspondence with II: xiv, 79-80, 141-2; TEL's gifts to II: 113, 115; commonplace book II: 3, 4-5, 13-14, 21, 27, 36, 39, 56, 80; diary entries II: 3, 5, 11, 13-14, 17, 35; Knowledge is the Door II: 101-2, 103-4, 105; letters from RG II: 127-8, 135; letters to RG II: 128, 136; letters to TEL II: xiv, 35-7, 48, 54-5, 57, 63, 81-7, 101-5, 157-62, 168-71, 206-11, (burned by TEL II: 50, 79-80, 141), (read by GBS II: xv); TEL's letters to II: xiv-xv, 3-4, 11-13, 15-17, 18-22, 24-7, 38-43, 45-7, 49-53, 56-7, 57-62, 63-8, 70, 71-3, 75-80, 87-91, 93, 94-6, 97-100, 106-7, 109-10, 111-15, 116-17, 118-20, 121-2, 123-4, 125-6, 129-30, 131-3, 133-5, 136, 137-9, 140-4, 146-7, 148-50, 151-3, 154-6, 163-6, 166-7, 171-4, 175-9, 180-2, 183-4, 184-5, 185-6, 186-8, 189-93, 193-4, 194-200, 201-5, 212-14, 216-18

Shaw, George Bernard I: xiii, 6, 69, 187, 202; IX: 67, 147; and Cape I: xv, 18-19, 24, 26-7, 32, 124; first meets TEL I: xiii, xviii-xix, 3; relationship with TEL I: xv; TEL first sends SP to I: 3-5; GBS's views of SP I: 6-7, 23-5; opposes proposed abridgement of SP I: xv, 23-5, 124; writes to Prime Minister re TEL I: 40-3, 45-7, 129-30, 139, 213; meeting to discuss TEL I: 45; TEL writes of I: 63-5, 66, 80, 98, 113, 117, 122, 137, 153, 160, 167, 177, 178, 180, 184, 185, 200, 201, 203, 206; inscribes Saint Joan for TEL I: 83, 84; reads proofs of SP I: xv, 103-6, 109-10, 111, 113; on punctuation I: 103-5; offers loan to TEL I: 124; amends contract for RD I: 125-8; illnesses I: 133, 134, 136, 167, 168, 170, 171, 172, 182; and Rodin I: 137, 138; on dramatic climaxes I: 174, 175; amends preface to RD I: 188; meetings with TEL, listed I: 212
WRITINGS: Back to Methuselah I: 53, 55, 59, 60, 63, 71, 75, 99, 112, (performances I: 61, 62); Caesar and Cleopatra I: 15, 16, (1925 production I: 132-3); Cashel Byron's Profession I: 112; The Devil's Disciple I: 75, 76; The Doctor's Dilemma I: 88, 89, 113, 136; Heartbreak House I: 15, 16, 112; The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism I: 156, 162, 167; letters to Baldwin I: 40-3, 45-7, 129-30, 213, (archived I: 213); letters to TEL I: 6-7, 11-14, 17-19, 23-5, 30-3, 35, 38-9, 49-51, 55-6, 103-5, 126-8, (published and archived I: 213); prefaces to plays I: 4, 80, 85; Mrs Warren's Profession I: 165, 167; Saint Joan I: 61, 62, 63, 64-5, 66-7, 70, 71, 112, 121, (inscription to TEL I: 83, 84), (preface I: 85), (character of Joan I: 132), (epilogue I: 88, 89), (performances I: 72, 76, 88-9), (music I: 91); Selected Passages from the Works of Bernard Shaw Chosen by Charlotte F. Shaw I: 21, 22, 26-7; An Unsocial Socialist I: 170:
TEL's LETTERS TO I: 3-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11, 15-16, 20-2, 28-9, 35-7, 37-8, 48-9, 52-4, 58, (archived I: 213)

Letters II: 78, 86, 94, 98, 144; scheme for pension for TEL II: 7, 16, 29, 51, 52; Nobel Prize II: 20, 23; reviews RD II: 29-30, 31-4, 57; and A. W. Lawrence II: 76, 77; prospect of visit to India II: 122, 149; attitude to Casement II: 146, 158, 161, 162, 217; statue II: 165; at crematorium II: 168, 169, 170; reads CS's letters to TEL II: xv; TEL writes of II: 11, 16, 20-1, 24, 26, 51, 52, 63, 96, 106, 119, 131, 140, 149, 151, 154, 173, 179, 194, 196, 217; letters II: 154, (to RG II: 108, 127), (to TEL II: 29- 30); Back to Methuselah II: 27, 28; Epilogue for SP II: 119, 120; The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism II: 30, 36-7, 39, 56, 65, 111, 123, 132, 142; Preface to catalogue of SP illustrations exhibition II: 5-10, 23, 29, 108, (in Karachi Gazette II: 14-15), (TEL's comments on II: 20-1, 24, 49); Preface to plays of W. Archer II: 106; Saint Joan II: 147

Shaw, Lucinda Frances (sister of GBS) II: 168

Shaw, Norman II: 98, 100

Shelley, Percy Bysshe IX: 39, 43, 50, 60

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley I: 104, 105

Shorter, Clement II: 214, 216

Shorthouse, J. H.: John Inglesant I: 156, 162, 164

Sincere, Barbara IX: 108, 115, 157

Sinclair, Sir Archibald II: 126

Sinclair, May I: 180, 181

Sinclair, Upton: Jungle II: 90, 92, 95; Oil! 69, 90, 92, 95, 173

Sitwell, Constance: Flowers and Elephants II: 72, 74

Sitwell, Edith II: 26, 28, 72, 95

Sitwell family IX: 23, 32

Slade, Gurney see Bartlett, Stephen

Smith, Sir F. E. II: 158, 162

Smith, Harrison (US publisher) IX: 154, 155-6, 157

Smith, Joseph II: 10

Smith, Sydney IX: 75, 92, 105

Smyth, Ethel: II: 89, 91, 122, 124; A Three-legged Tour in Greece II: 110, 122; The Wreckers I: 193, 197; II: 122

Snowden, Philip I: 186, 187

Soane, Sir John I: 12, 14

Society of Authors I: 24

Socrates II: 27, 153

Somerville, Edith: The Big House of Inver I: 156, 164

Sotheby's II: 99

Southampton I: 115, 119; II: xi, 205; HW sails from IX: 142, 146-7

Southampton Water IX: 123, 151, 152, 155

Southwell, Nottinghamshire I: 166, 207

Soviet Union IX: 115, 116

Spears, Mrs see Borden, Mary

Spectator, The: GBS's review of RD II: 29, 31-4, 36, 57; TEL reviews in II: xiv, 155, 156, 165, 173, 175, 185

Spencer, Gilbert I: 141, 142

Spengler, Oswald II: 154, 156

Spenser, Edmund II: 111, 115, 197

Sphere, The II: 192, 193, 216

Spinoza, Benedictus de II: 70

Springs, Elliott: War Birds. Diary of an Unknown Aviator IX: 143, 145

Squire, Sir John IX: 72

St. Just in Roseland, Cornwall I: 158-9

St Paul's Cathedral II: 22, 185 

St Thomas's Hospital, London II: 98, 100

Stainer, Sir John I: 74, 75, 120

Stamfordham, Lord II: 195, 200

Stanton, Blair Hughes II: 31, 53

Starke, Barbara; Touch and Go, the Story of a Girl's Escape IX: 126, 127

Stein, Gertrude II: 78, 81

Stellenbosch IX: 99

Stendhal (Henri Beyle) I: 162, 163, 168

Stephen, Sir James: 'A Sonnet' II: 144, 145

Stephens, James I: 155-6, 161, 176, 185; II: 26, 28, 96; The Charwoman's Daughter I: 173; The Crock of Gold I: 156, 159-60, 161, 164;  II: 27, 28; Deirdre I: 156

Storrs, Ronald II: 28

Strachey, Lytton II: 26, 28, 163

Straus, Ralph II: 59, 62

Stresa, Italy II: 135, 139, 143, 145, 148, 150, 151, 182

strike, general, 1926 I: 173, 176

Sturly (translated by TEL) I: 55

style, literary I: 31, 70, 84, 140, 145, 146

Suez Canal II: 149

Suggia, Mme I: xix, xx

suicide, TEL threatens I: xv, 139

Sullivan, Alexander M. II: 158, 162

Sunday Express IX: 66

Sunday Referee IX: 138, 139

Sunday Times II: 62, 153

Sutcliffe (bookbinder) II: 118, 120

Swift, Jonathan 160, 161; The Battle of the Books I: 167, 168

Swinburne, Algernon Charles I: 15, 16; II: 47, 48; IX: 64; quoted 193; Atalanta in Calydon I: 185, 186

Synge, J. M. I: 176; The Aran Islands II: 4, 5, 91

Syria II: 132; Feisal King of II: 180, 191; see also Carchemish

 

SP22

saa berries 695

Saad, Ageyl captain 251

Saad el Ghoneim 158

Saad el Sikeini 423

sacrifice 660–1

Sadaka post 514; Diary Mar. 1918 818

saddle-mats 581

saddles, camel- 521; British military  254, 397, 687–8, 696

Safa pass 570, 716

saffron el Jesha 458

Safra, Wadi 70, 72–6, 80, 81, 108, 129; floods 75; Feisal camped at 70, 75–82, 84–94; Zeid takes over 104; Turks take 108–9, 110; (126, 129)

Sagr ibn Shaalan 244, 696

Saida village 721, 769

Sakhara hill 182

Saladin 348, 368

Salama (Egyptian doctor) 696

Saleh, Sheikh, of Faiz Beni Sakhr 685, 686, 691, 692, 696

Saleh ibn Shefia, son of Mohammed: at battle of Wejh 138, 161, 557; greets TEL 557; at Semna 603

Salem, Feisal’s slave 113; on mining of train 403, 406–7; missing 413, 414; found 415

Salem, Sherari camel-herd: enrolled in TEL’s bodyguard 437; rides with Lloyd 449; controls camel 627

Salem el Alayan 418, 420, 422–3, 516

Salem of the Ageyl: killed 184

Salih, Sheikh 157

Salkhad village 294, 433, 488, 502

Salmond, Air Vice-Marshal Sir Geoffrey 355, 375, 614–15, 623, 628, 712, 713, 754–5, 756

Salonika 767

Salt 567, 574, 580; Allenby fails to take 593, 667; raided 611, 612; (631, 636)

Samarra clan of the Juheina 157

samh 414; pits 271–2

Sami el Bekri 140, 142

Samra 310

sandals 210

Sanderson, J. E., RASC (HACC)  516, 672

Sarona 613

Saud ibn Abd el Aziz, Emir of the Rashids 277

Saura, Wadi 224

Saxe, Marshal de 191, 200, 232

Sayed Ali 57, 58

Sayid Taleb 26, 39

scorpion 202, 419–20

Scott, Captain, hydrographer 46–7

Scott, Major R. H. 5; commandant at Akaba 618, 711

Scott-Higgins, Captain E. 5; railway raids 662, 663, (712), 714–15

Sebeil: Kalaat (fort) 160, 242

secret northern reconnaissance, TEL’s, June 1917 295

secret societies, Arab 26–8, 30

Seif, Ateiba horseman 556, 557, 560, 563

Seil Abu Arad 263, 264–5

Seil el Hesa battle 541–6, 547, 551, 572, 573; Diary Feb. 1918 818

Seil el Kelb valley 263, 264

Seil Fejr 279

Seil Gelib 264

Seil Hawia 267

Seil Raugha 266

self-surrender 527–8

Selhub (Sellum) 262, 263, 279

Selim el Jezairi 246

Sellum (Selhub) 262, 263, 279

Semakh 757

Semites 12–13; migrations 15–17; religiosity 18–23, 394; conquered 24–5, 37; (139, 144)

Semna 141; Feisal camped at 145–8; water 149; Turks fall back to 514; Arabs take 600–1, 602; Arabs occupy 603; (701); Diary Jan. 1917 816

Senefhe village 567

Senussi, the (Sayed Ahmed) 32, 165, 535, 647

Serahah clan 130

Serahin tribe 367, 430, 434; join TEL’s party 461–4; on Yarmuk valley raid 464, 469–76, 477, 486; at Azrak 491; on camel convoy 591; Sept. 1918 708, 715–16, 759; see also Serahin

Seram, Wadi 202

Serbia 767

Serd, Jebel 202, 210

Serdiyeh tribe 430, 489, 501, 708, 714

Sirhan tribe 461, 486, see also Serahin

sermon, midnight 462–3

servitude, service and servility 682; in the East 525–6, 550–1; military 788–9; see also discipline; slaves

Seven Pillars of Wisdom: sources 4; first draft 4; rewritten 4; style 4; names and identiWcation 4–5; and diary 658, 679
sexuality 10, 227, 251–2, 385, 528, 582

Shaalan Rualla clan 176; feud with Jazi 178; (293); with Feisal and TEL at Jefer 654–7

Shaatha village 116

Shahad, Sherif, Emir of Medina 124

Shahm station see Tell Shahm station

Shaiba, battle of 77

Shakespear, Captain W. H. I. 277–8

Shakir, Sherif 81; character and appearance 220–1; in early AR 221; on railway raid 201, 205–6, 208; war song 208–9; in camp with Abdulla 194, 217, 220–2; (223)

Shamiya 17; Wadi 66

Shammar, Jebel 17, 265, 267, 276–7

Shammar tribe: raiding parties 253, 258, 276, 287, 685, 686; HQ 276–7

Sharkeui: Enver Pasha at 763–4

Sharraf, Sherif: character 134–5, 251; with Feisal 108, 110, 111, 113, 115, 133, 223; at Yenbo 134–5, 162; at Wejh 228; attacking railway 231, 244, 249, 252; meets march to Akaba 252, 253; governor of Taif 522

Shatt post 343–4, 345

Shawish, Sheikh Abdul Aziz 362

Shea, Major-General Sir J. M. 510, 593, 603, 640, 744

Shedia 444, 445, 516, 610: Diary Oct. 1917 817

sheep 17, 203, 204, 308, 314–15; served at feasts 188–9, 224, 285–7, 291, 294, 454, 461; captured and consumed 316; desecrate mosque 488; bombed 627

Shefa ridge 154, 244, 249

Shegg, plain 253–5; Diary May 1917 816; Oct. 1917 817

Shehab see Tell el Shehab

Shehad, Emir of Medina 156

Sheikh Miskin see Miskin

Sheikh Saad village 494, 709; Allies move to 764–70; arrive 770–2; Turks taken around 772–3; (774, 778); after Tafas events 780; Diary Sept. 1918 820

Sheikh well  60, 67, 68, 125

sheikhs 89–90

Shejerat el Tayar, tree 622

Shekad, Emir 151

Shellala, el, waterfall 393

shepherds 204

Sherarat race 177, 442–3; subsistence 271–2; boy deals with prisoner 313–14; steal sheep on railway raid 315; at Aba el Lissan battle 328; boy guide for armoured cars 670, 674–5, 689

Sherifs 482; title 29

Sheriufi, el 104

Sherm Habban: Zeid at 133; Hardinge at 137–8, 158, 159; Diary Jan. 1917 816

Shia sect 156, 352, 359

Shobek: Turkish camels at 321, 329; raided 424; (511, 513, 514, 515); Arabs capture 534; river crossed 551; TEL sinks in river 561; TEL rests at with Abd el Mayin 561–3; Zeid camped at 580; TEL at 580–1; (600, 622, 711); Diary Jan., Feb., Mar. 1918 818

Shomari 450, 505, 670

Showakh, Sherari camel-herd: enrolled in TEL’s bodyguard 437; introduces cousin 442

Shtar see Nagb el Shtar

Shukri Pasha el Ayubi: in Damascus 791, 793, 794, 795, 798

Siddons, Flying Officer V. D. 5, 613, 621, 652, 663, 674, 707, 712

sidr trees 202, 205

simplicity, virtue in 19–20

Sinai desert: Murray in 121, 153, 238; importance of Akaba to 237; TEL crosses 341–3; winds 533; ICC in 574, 639, 651; Diary May, June 1918 819; Oct. 1918 820

Sirhan, Wadi: strategic position 177; plans to march through 234, 240; (262, 267); party crosses 275–95, 296–300, 301; Turks search 317; (456, 458); Ammari water 459–60; Turks in 461–2; driving in 671–6; Sept. 1918 712, 715

Sirhan, Al, tribe, see Al Sirhan

slaves 9; slave villages 72, 73–4, 75; value 73; legal status 73–4; girl 106; Feisal’s, in camp 112, 113, 114; on march 149; at Wejh camp 172; at feast 287; Feisal’s, as army attendants 396; Feisal’s, on railway raids 396, 403, 415; Sherarat 443

sleep: pressure of 69; substitute for 527

Slieve Foy, HMS 339

smells 790

Smith, Lieutenant-Colonel Leslie,  ICC, 576

Smith, Ross M., Australian Flying Corps: flies TEL to Wadi Hafira and air reconnaissance 615; at Ramleh 755; at Um el Surab 756–7, 758; aerial combat 757–8; (759)

smoking 227, 512–13, 532, 708

Smuts, General Jan 572, 614, 634

Smyrna 151

Snagge, Captain A. L., RN: on Humber 377–8, 379, (Christmas hospitality 512), 513; (531)

Snainirat 302, 458, 585, 686

snakes 256, 289–90, 291–2, 307, 458; Beduin treatment for bites 289

snow 546, 548, 557, 563–4, 589

snow-bound 548

songs 144; of freedom 246; of Howeitat 246, 247; marching 256; of outrage 327; war 208–9

Sotham, father of Faris 654

Spanish Consul at Damascus 804

Spencer, Herbert 26

Spinoza, Baruch 394

spree 214–15

spy 70–1

stars 301–2, 307

Stent, Captain F. W. 5, 351, 375–6

Stirling, Major W. F., Royal Dublin Fusiliers 5; sent to Akaba 647; rides with column 650; (677, 701, 721, 758, 761); on advance to Damascus 785, 786, 787, 791, 792–3; at Damascus 801

Stokes (Cpl. Brooke): sent as artillery instructor 378–9; at Azrak 379; rides with Arab party 380–2, 383, 386–90; at Rum 391, 392, 393, 396; on railway raids 397, 402, 406, 407–8, 410, 411, 412, 415; returns to Egypt 417

storm 210–11

Storrs, Sir Ronald: character and appearance 37, 83 (39); missions to Hejaz 43, 46, 47–54, 55–6, 57–8, 221; in Cairo 166; in Jerusalem 612; (634)

Stotzingen, von 77, 149

strangeness 10–11

strategy and tactics 195–201, 232–4; for campaign in Syria 367–73

Subh, Jebel 45, 54, 67, 69–70, 81; Turks secure 108–9; clan of 130

Subhi el Omari 424, 621

Sudan 15, 137; slaves from 73; trade with 74; soldiers from 76, 79; Sudanese 85

Sudr water supply 238

Sueig 107

Suez 42, 43, 46, 52, 99, 507; Sinai Hotel 345; Diary Feb. 1917 816; July, Oct. 1917 817; Dec. 1917, Mar. 1918 818; June 1918 819

Suez Canal 29, 32, 53, 236, 343; British defences 343; TEL crosses 345

Sukhur hills, el 153, 181–2

Sukhuri, see Beni Sakhr 

Suleiman, guest-master at Wejh 229

Suleiman el Judi 202

Suleiman Rifada Pasha of the Billi 105, 156, 158, 175, 184; vegetable garden 226; on mined train 423

Suleiman the Ateyba 181

Sultan el Abbud 209, 211, 214, 217; death of servant 211–12

Sultan el Atrash 794–5

Sultani 623, 625; clan 126; station 628; Diary June 1918 819

Sulut tribe 434

Sumeidat clan 130

Sumra station 762

sunlight: effect on eyes 387, 419

Sunni sect 352, 358, 359, 360, 367

sunsets 651, 740

Suva, HMS 97, 121, 135, 136; Diary Jan. 1917 816

Suvla, attack at 428

Suwan, the 280, 291

Swinburne, A. C.: 'Super Flumina Babylonis quoted 813

sword-smiths 287

Sykes, Sir Mark 122, 508; personality 38; death 38

Sykes–Picot Agreement 122, 666–7

Symes, Lieutenant Colonel G. Stewart, Hampshire Regiment 98

Syria 13, 239; population 15–17; ruined Roman palace 19–20; outbreak of WWI 27–8, 30–1; compared to Hejaz 356; geography 356–60; Sept. 1918 campaign 709–10; see also place names

syrian elements 357–8

syrian peoples 357–63

syrian politics 357, 364–7

syrian towns 361–3

Syrians 27; in Arab armies 87; and Beduin 241


 

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Key

SP22: Seven Pillars of Wisdom, The Complete 1922 Text

Wilson: Jeremy Wilson, Lawrence of Arabia, The Authorised Biography

Volumes in the T.E. Lawrence Letters series (titles in pale grey not yet published):

I: Bernard and Charlotte Shaw, 1922-1926

II:  Bernard and Charlotte Shaw, 1927

III: Bernard and Charlotte Shaw, 1928

IV: Bernard and Charlotte Shaw: 1929-35

V: E. M. Forster, F. L. Lucas and Frederic Manning

VI: Edward Garnett and David Garnett

VII: Robert Graves

VIII: John Brophy, John Buchan, and Siegfried Sassoon

IX: Henry Williamson

X: John Brophy, C. Day Lewis, C. M. Doughty, James Hanley, Noel Coward

XI: 1905-10 - letters to his family, D.G. Hogarth, E.T. Leeds, and C.M. Doughty

XII: Carchemish 1910-14- letters to his family, James Elroy Flecker,  D.G. Hogarth, E.T. Leeds, and C.M. Doughty and others

XIII: War Diaries and Letters 1914-18

XIV: Political and Diplomatic Correspondence 1918-1922

XV: Service correspondence, 1922-35

XVI: Advisers: D. G. Hogarth, Robin Buxton, Lionel Curtis, John Snow and Edward Eliot

XVII: Printers and publishers - Jonathan Cape, Sydney Cockerell, C. J. Cumberlege, Peter Davies, F. N. Doubleday, St. John Hornby, Ralph Isham, Bruce Rogers, Raymond Savage, and others

XVIII: Artists, including Herbert Baker, C.F. Bell, H.S. Ede, Eric Kennington, Augustus John, Paul Nash, William Roberts, William Rothenstein, and Kathleen Scott. 

XIX: Women: Nancy Astor, Lil Black, F. E. Hardy and others, including post-war letters to his mother, Sarah Lawrence.

XX: Journalists and Historians. R. D. Blumenfeld, Geoffrey Dawson, B. H. Liddell Hart, Lowell Thomas

XXI: George Brough, Edward Elgar, Ernest Thurtle, A.P. Wavell and others.

Last revised: 1 August 2006
 

 

T.E. Lawrence Studies is edited by Jeremy Wilson. Its costs are sponsored by Castle Hill Press.