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| == Book Four. Extending to Akaba == | | == Book Four. Extending to Akaba == |
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Latest revision as of 14:09, 30 October 2008
Book Four. Extending to Akaba
Chapters XXXIX to LIV
The port of Akaba was naturally so strong that it could be taken only by surprise from inland: but the opportune adherence to Feisal of Auda Abu Tayi made us hope to enrol enough tribesmen in the eastern desert for such a descent upon the coast.
Nasir, Auda, and I set off together on the long ride. Hitherto Feisal had been the public leader: but his remaining in Wejh threw the ungrateful load of this northern expedition upon myself. I accepted it and its dishonest implication as our only means of victory. We tricked the Turks and entered Akaba with good fortune.