| British Relations with Trans-Jordan, 1920—1930 | Al-Rehani: Nejd and its followers |
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| 41 Lacey offers further insight into the ambiguity surrounding the details of the capture of Riyadh, whose place in Saudi Arabian folklore he compares to the : Ibn Saud himself told numerous versions over the years, which is only partly attributable to Ibn Saud's excitability | David Murphy, Illustrated by Peter Dennis , The Arab Revolt 1916-18: Lawrence Sets Arabia Ablaze, Osprey Publishing, 2008, p |
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| Lacey observes, "Forty is the number which bedouin often pick upon when they wish to describe a smallish body of men, and forty is the number of companions which Abdul Aziz is said to have had with him when he left Kuwait in September 1901 | From Bullard to Mr ChamberLain |