Tafas

[tr ed p 84], pastel, Kennington

Bound into book sideways. 'Tafas' typeset brc, black on black area, illegible handwriting centre right of picture. Main colours: pink lips, black, browns and yellow throughout figure, black background.

p 52 [tr ed p 76] - 'As a trustworthy man he chose out Tafas el Raashid, a Hawazim Harb tribesman, with his son, to guide me to Feisal's camp.'

p 54 [tr ed p 77] - 'Tafas was a Hazami, of the Beni Salem branch of Harb, and so not on good terms with the Masruh. This inclined him towards me; and when he had once accepted the charge of escorting me to Feisal, we could trust him. The fidelity of road-companions was most dear to Arab tribesmen.'

This is the first of two illustrations bound into the back of the book which is entitled 'Tafas' - the second depicts a massacre which occurred in the village of Tafas.

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