DAGHIR (Asad Khalil).

Thawrat al-'Arab.

THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST

First edition. Arabic text. Folding map loosely inserted. 8vo. Later plain wrappers, ms. title to front cover, opening leaves tatty with marginal loss, amateur tape repair to final leaf, rest of interior browned but intact and fairly sturdy. A decent copy of a fragile book. [iv], 246, [2 index]pp. Misr, 1335 AH, 1916.

£500.00

A fascinating account of the development of Arab Nationalism just before and during WWI. It provides an overview of the movement, from the Arab Congress of 1913 to the first year of the famous Arab Revolt.

Rare. OCLC locates five copies, all of which are in the Middle East, at the National Library of Israel, the American University of Beirut, the University of Balamand, the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik and the National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco.

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