Emir Feisal at Damascus


A bewildered Emir Feisal leaves the Victoria hotel having learnt that all the promises of the British, including those of his friend Lawrence, would not be honoured. General Allenby informed him that the influence of the Arabs was not to extend westward of the Anti-Lebanons. Picture taken on 3rd October 1918.

Image courtesy of Imperial War Museum


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