1. From the Desert to the Metropolis

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. List of Illustrations xii
5. List of Maps xiv
6. Key Personalities xv
7. Chronology of Events xviii
8. Prologue – September, 1933: Death of a King xx
9. Part I. An Empire Disintegrates: The Ottoman Era (1833–1914)
10. 1. From the Desert to the Metropolis 3
11. 2. Return to Mecca 21
12. 3. Prelude to War 31
13. Part II. Breaking the Bonds: The First World War and the Arab Revolt (1914–1918)
14. 4. The Road to the Rising 43
15. 5. The Arab Revolt I: Consolidating the Revolt 70
16. 6. The Arab Revolt II: Breaking Out 87
17. 7. The Arab Revolt III: Railroad War 107
18. 8. To Damascus! 124
19. Part III. A Shattered Dream: Syria and the Paris Peace Conference (1918–1921)
20. 9. The Rudiments of a State 151
21. 10. First Footsteps in Europe 174
22. 11. At the Paris Peace Conference I 192
23. 12. At the Paris Peace Conference II 210
24. 13. The Struggle for Syria 229
25. 14. The Collapse of the Kingdom of Syria 258
26. 15. Adrift 295
27. 16. A King in Waiting 314
28. Part IV. A New Beginning: Iraq (1921–1933)
29. 17. From Mesopotamia to Iraq 339
30. 18. King of Iraq 361
31. 19. Faisal, Cox and the Rise of the Opposition 382
32. 20. The Rebellion of the Ayatollahs 410
33. 21. Assemblies, Treaties, Constitutions 433
34. 22. Oil and the Mosul Question 450
35. 23. Struggling to Break Free 471
36. 24. Towards Independence 488
37. 25. Vindication at Last 515
38. 26. A Calamitous End 534
39. Epilogue: Faisal the Great 561
40. Notes 563
41. Index 606