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: 1919-1921) Rasheeduddin Khan* (Continued from July, r969 Issue) {vi) Feisal-The Prospective King: IR PERCY COX, who had already "come to a 'Sherifian' although not definitely a 'Feisalian' conclusion," 114 had later written that "among the ' non-Iraqi possibilities there was no doubt whatever that one of' the family of the Sherif of Mecca ( King Hussain of the Hejaz ) would command the most general if not the universal support of the inhabitants.
(120) Mr. Churchill admitted in a Parliamentary debate that under the influence of Lawrence and his cooperators in London and of Miss Bell in Baghdad, the British Government were "leaning strongly to the Sberifian solution, and among the Sherifians the leading persona• lity which was the focus of British attention was that of Feisal.
''123 Lawrence held that the sponsoring of Feisal by the British was in the nature of redeeming the pledges made to the Sherif Hussain during the War. 124 Naturally in this background, in the apt words of Longrigg, "to (122) See: Rasheeduddin Khan, "The Arab Revolt of r916-1918: Political Context and Historical Role," Islamic Cultur, Vol. XXXV, no.
'4'" A carefully drawn-up time-table by Sir Percy Cox for the ushering in of Feisal in Iraq was approved by the Conference, so that Amir Feisal should appear on the horizons of Baghdad not as a British protege but as a chosen and desired leader of the Iraqi people.