Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Note on Usage; Introduction; NOTES; 1 Husain ibn Ali and the Amirate of Mecca; 2 War and Promises; 3 Towards a Settlement; 4 The Parallelisme Exact; 5 The Wilsonian and the Lawrentian Schools; 6 Restructuring Middle East Policy-making; 7 'Very Much the First Choice'; 8 Fait Accompli, 1920-21; 9 More of a Picnic than an Administration; 10 The 1923 Assurance; 11 The Limits of Support
PART IV 'A PAMPERED AND QUERULOUS NUISANCE': KING HUSAIN AND THE FAILURE OF THE SHERIFIAN SOLUTION IN THE HIJAZ12 The Deterioration of the Foreign Office's 'Husain Policy', 1919-21; 13 The Colonial Office and the Treaties; 14 The Hajj; 15 Husain, India and the Caliphate; 16 'A Case of Chickens Coming Home to Roost': 1924; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This work treats Britain's war-time Middle Eastern policies and the activities of the Sherifians generally, then considers the individual cases of Faisal, Abdullah and Husain in separate chapters
