Middle Eastern Studies, October 1st, 2003
As argued in the latest piece of my discourse on Neo-Mahdism, the Umma bloc reacted violently to what they considered British 'betrayal' in the Sidqi-Bevin Protocol of October 1946. (1) But just a couple of years later, they witnessed and experienced real and wholesale sell-out by their so-called friends, notwithstanding an extensive diplomatic offensive masterminded by their leader, Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi, since late 1946 to exhibit his trustworthiness, and that of his movement. This article explores the underlying factors and course of these dramatic developments over a decade or so. It al...
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