Philby of Arabia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5280962 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Otto Spies, Elizabeth Monroe |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1/4 |
| Pages | 243 |
| Publication date | 1975-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Die Welt des Islams (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-2539 • E-ISSN: 1570-0607 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1569972 |
| OpenAlex | W2031235371 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
Harry St John Philby was for the most part of his career at odds with the British Government over broken promises to the Arabs. And it was out of admiration for the Arab king, Ibn Saud, that he chose to earn his living in Arabia. He saw nothing incompatible in adopting the Muslim faith and the way of life while maintaining his British home and his links with British politics and institutions or, when in Palestine, in furthering both the Jewish and Arab causes. But he was in his element in the desert, and there were few travellers who surpassed his map-making skills or is Arabian discoveries
Ancient history · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Islamic Studies and History
How Trans-Jordan was severed from the territory of the Jewish National Home1
Covering the birth of a nation
The British occupation of Mesopotamia, 1914–1922
The political confrontation of summer 1924 in Transjordan
Saudi Arabia and Israel
Lord Hardinge and the Mesopotamia Expedition and Inquiry, 1914–1917
The British White Paper on Palestine, May 1939 Part II
Bibliography of Periodical Literature
Deepening the Colonial State
Representing Mandatory Palestine
Bibliography of Periodical Literature
A History of Jordan
| Citations per year | 0.24 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1976 - 2019 (44) |
| Highly cited | No |