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| | Shakib Arslan, who sat in Geneva in those days and conducted his propaganda in favor of the Arabs, is the one who rained fire and brimstone on the Zionists and England. He claimed that neither the former nor the latter have rights over Palestine. The Druze forgot the peace treaty, made between the tribesmen of his tribe and the Jews of Metula, in his position and influence. And it wasn't in that alliance that the Israelis' rights in their homeland were already recognized...</font> | | Shakib Arslan, who sat in Geneva in those days and conducted his propaganda in favor of the Arabs, is the one who rained fire and brimstone on the Zionists and England. He claimed that neither the former nor the latter have rights over Palestine. The Druze forgot the peace treaty, made between the tribesmen of his tribe and the Jews of Metula, in his position and influence. And it wasn't in that alliance that the Israelis' rights in their homeland were already recognized...</font> |
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| | He excited the believers to envy the zeal of Islam and provoked the anger of the Christians. In his many articles and speeches, the emir proved that the Arabs are loyal to the Turkish caliph dynasty and honor them over the Umms, the Abbasids and the Fatimids. At the head of a Druze battalion, the Emir marched to Egypt at the beginning of the First War to conquer the Suez and return the Nile Valley to the Sultan of Kushta. | | He excited the believers to envy the zeal of Islam and provoked the anger of the Christians. In his many articles and speeches, the emir proved that the Arabs are loyal to the Turkish caliph dynasty and honor them over the Umms, the Abbasids and the Fatimids. At the head of a Druze battalion, the Emir marched to Egypt at the beginning of the First War to conquer the Suez and return the Nile Valley to the Sultan of Kushta. |
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| | Shakib Arslan then miraculously lifted Syria's loyalty to the Ottoman crown. The Arabs welcomed Sharif Feisal Bin Hussein and all his plans in favor of the rebellion (in Turkey) found no echo in Damascus or in Aram Tzoba (Aleppo). The Arabs remained loyal to Kalif until the last moment... | | Shakib Arslan then miraculously lifted Syria's loyalty to the Ottoman crown. The Arabs welcomed Sharif Feisal Bin Hussein and all his plans in favor of the rebellion (in Turkey) found no echo in Damascus or in Aram Tzoba (Aleppo). The Arabs remained loyal to Kalif until the last moment... |
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| − | Shakib Arslan, who sat in Geneva in those days and conducted his propaganda in favor of the Arabs, is the one who rained fire and brimstone on the Zionists and England. He claimed that neither the former nor the latter have rights over Palestine. The Druze forgot the peace treaty, made between the tribesmen of his tribe and the Jews of Metula, in his position and influence. And it wasn't in that alliance that the Israelis' rights in their homeland were already recognized...</blockquote></font></ref> | + | Shakib Arslan, who sat in Geneva in those days and conducted his propaganda in favor of the Arabs, is the one who rained fire and brimstone on the Zionists and England. He claimed that neither the former nor the latter have rights over Palestine. The Druze forgot the peace treaty, made between the tribesmen of his tribe and the Jews of Metula, in his position and influence. And it wasn't in that alliance that the Israelis' rights in their homeland were already recognized...</blockquote> |
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| | [[File:Arslan.jpg|thumb|Emir Shakib Arslan with the Mufti, Hashim al-Atassi and others]] | | [[File:Arslan.jpg|thumb|Emir Shakib Arslan with the Mufti, Hashim al-Atassi and others]] |