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Word: howeitat (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...like our place here in Wadi Safra?" Said Lawrence: "Well; but it is far from Damascus." The story of the Arab revolt and Lawrence's part in it is now history. He and Feisal took to each other immediately; so did he and Auda, sheik of the Abu Tayi Howeitat, most famed fighter in Arabia, who had killed 75 men in battle, "not counting Turks." First merely a liaison officer, Lawrence's powers increased with his achievements until at the end of the War he was practically directing the Arab irregulars who helped General Allenby roll the Turks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Scholar-Warrior | 11/28/1932 | See Source »

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