. The heart of Arabia, a record of travel and exploration . dearment which for some reasonhe did not lavish on my companions. Coffee was moreafter the Turkish manner than the Arab, and I thinkwe had some sweet, cool beverage as well, while we saton chairs and not on the floor. The proceedings on thisoccasion were of a purely formal character and controversialtopics were not touched upon. Commander Hogarthopened with a financial announcement which cannot buthave given pleasure to his royal hearer, who graciouslyaccepted also a miniature American flag sent by an Americanadmirer in token of his a
. The heart of Arabia, a record of travel and exploration . dearment which for some reasonhe did not lavish on my companions. Coffee was moreafter the Turkish manner than the Arab, and I thinkwe had some sweet, cool beverage as well, while we saton chairs and not on the floor. The proceedings on thisoccasion were of a purely formal character and controversialtopics were not touched upon. Commander Hogarthopened with a financial announcement which cannot buthave given pleasure to his royal hearer, who graciouslyaccepted also a miniature American flag sent by an Americanadmirer in token of his appreciation of the Kings servicesto the world. In reply, the King declared that in headingthe Arab revolt as he had done he had nothing in mindbut to serve the interests of the whole world and particularlythose of Islam, whose prosperity, he felt convinced, wouldever depend on the assistance and goodwill of Great Britain. ^ He was a native of Tabriz and, I think, of the Bahai persuasion;his services to the British Government had lieen of very great a:O THE HOLY LAND 225 The conversation passed on to Faisals plans, already wellin train, for an advance northwards. Damascus, said theKing, would rise in his favour and communication couldthen be established with Baghdad. We spoke too of IbnRashid, who was supposed at that time to be practicallya prisoner in the Turkish camp at Al Hajr, this in turnbeing besieged by a Sharifian force, which, however, owingto unfavourable weather conditions and lack of fodder, hadbeen compelled to withdraw to a better audience closed in an atmosphere of goodwill andamity after I had presented the compliments of Sir PercyCox and we had discussed the details and fatigues of theKings journey from Mecca to Jidda during the previousnight. For all his years—he must at that time have beennot less than sixty—the King still retained the bodily vigourof a man in his prime, and, though he preferred to ride amule as being more comfo
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