Saturday, April 16, 2022

Feisal was the progenitor of the current ruling Saudi family.

 


The Arabian Commission to the Peace Conference at Versailles and its advisors. Emir Feisal with, from left to right, Mohammed Rustum Bey Haidar of Baalbek, Brigadier General Nuri Pasha Said, Captain Rosario Pisani, T. E. Lawrence, Feisal’s servant and Captain Hassan Bey Kadri.

22nd January 1919.


4 comments:

  1. Amazing how much O'Toole actually looked like him.

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  2. "Feisal's servant"
    What a polite way to say slave.

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  3. I think Feisal went on to be king of Iraq and the House of Saud conquered the Hijaz where he was from in the inter-war period. The exact history is a bit unclear to me.

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