The racist attitude among many of Britain’s colonialists towards “natives” is well-known. I recently found another example in a quote from the British Consulate in French Syria dated 5th of September 1924. Syria was at the time not so fond of the Britain, especially if you believe the Syrian newspapers. The Consulate, who represented the [...]
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Colonial Racism
Posta: Tysdag, 10 mars, 2009 under YmseMerkelappar:Arabs, Britain, Colonialism, Foreign Office, Nejd, Quote, Racism, Syria
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A Growing Power in Arabia
Posta: Onsdag, 16 april, 2008 under YmseMerkelappar:1920s, Arabia, Britain, CE Vickery, Great Britain, Hejaz, Ibn Saud, Ikhwan, Islam, King Husain and the Kingdom of Hejaz, King of the Hejaz, Quote, Randall Baker, Sharif Hussein
In the early 1920′s the power balance in Arabia changed. Sultan Abdul Aziz ibn Saud of Nejd was expanding his realm in all directions and defeated longstanding enemies. Ibn Saud was supported to a certain degree by Great Britain, but one of his main rivals, Hussein b. Ali, Sharif of Mecca and King of the [...]
A Consul’s View of King Hussein
Posta: Torsdag, 28 februar, 2008 under Books, YmseMerkelappar:Britain, Hejaz, Jedda, King Hussein, Mecca, Sharif, WWI
Yesterday I found this description of Hussein b. Ali, the King of the Hejaz and the Sharif of Mecca, by the British Consul in Jedda from December 1923: Imagine a cunning, lying, credulous, suspicious , obstinate, vain, conceited, ignorant, greedy, cruel Arab sheikh suddenly thrust into a position where he has to deal with all [...]
