Faisal I of Iraq
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Prince Feisal : Well, General, I will leave you. Major Lawrence doubtless has reports to make upon my people and their weakness, and the need to keep them weak in the British interest... and the French interest too, of course. We must not forget the French now... General Allenby : [indignantly] I've told you, sir, no such treaty exists. Prince Feisal : Yes, General, you have lied most bravely, but not convincingly. I know this treaty does exist. T. E. Lawrence : Treaty, sir? Prince Feisal : He does it better than you, General. But then, of course, he is almost an Arab. [Faisal exits.] Dryden: You really don’t know? [...] T. E. Lawrence: No. I can guess. Allenby: Don’t guess. Tell him. Dryden: ...Mr. Sykes and Mr. Picot met, and they agreed that after the war, France and England would share the Turkish Empire, including Arabia. They signed an agreement, not a treaty sir. An agreement to that effect. |
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Faisal I bin Hussein bin Ali al-Hashemi (Template:Lang-ar, Fayṣal al-Awwal ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī al-Hāshimī; 20 May 1885 – 8 September 1933) was King of the Arab Kingdom of Syria or Greater Syria in 1920, and was King of Iraq from 23 August 1921 to 1933. He was the third son of Hussein bin Ali, the Grand Sharif of Mecca, who had proclaimed himself King of the Arab lands in October 1916.
Faisal fostered unity between Sunni and Shiite Muslims to encourage common loyalty and promote pan-Arabism in the goal of creating an Arab state that would include Iraq, Syria and the rest of the Fertile Crescent. While in power, Faisal tried to diversify his administration by including different ethnic and religious groups in offices. However, Faisal's attempt at pan-Arab nationalism may have contributed to the isolation of certain religious groups.
