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In the 1980s one of the rock formations in Wadi Rum, originally known as "Jabal al-Mazmar" (The Mountain of (the) Plague), was named "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom," after Lawrence's book penned in the aftermath of the war, though the 'Seven Pillars' referred to in the book have no connection with Rum. [12]
Seven Pillars of Wisdom is the autobiographical account of the experiences of British Army Colonel T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") while serving as a military advisor to Bedouin forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire of 1916 to 1918.
He assigned the copyright in Seven Pillars of Wisdom to the Seven Pillars of Wisdom Trust, [204] and it was given its first general publication as a result. [205] He assigned the copyright in The Mint and all Lawrence's letters to the Letters and Symposium Trust, [202] which he edited and published in the book T. E. Lawrence by his Friends in ...
English: A large, stylish visitor center opposite the "Seven Pillars of Wisdom", the mountain named after Lawrence of Arabia's book. Wadi Rum is a spectacularly scenic desert valley in southern Jordan.
In Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1935), T. E. Lawrence described Clayton's role as chief of British intelligence in Egypt between 1914 and 1917: Clayton made the perfect leader for such a band of wild men as we were. He was calm, detached, clear-sighted, of unconscious courage in assuming responsibility. He gave an open run to his subordinates.
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