Surrender, 1917: Hussein al-Husseini, mayor of
Jerusalem (centre, with walking stick), tried six times to
surrender to the British with a sheet tied to a broom. (illustration credit
ill.56)
Mandate: conqueror of Jerusalem, General Sir
Edmund “the Bull” Allenby (right), and military governor
Ronald Storrs celebrate the Fourth of July with Anna Spafford
(left) at the American Colony in 1918. (illustration credit
ill.57)
Lawrence of Arabia and Amir Abdullah follow
Winston Churchill through the gardens of Augusta Victoria in 1921:
the British Colonial Secretary created the new realm of Transjordan
for the Hashemite Abdullah. (illustration credit
ill.58)
The glories of Imperial Jerusalem: Prince
Arthur, Duke of Connaught, son of Queen Victoria, hands out awards
in Barracks Square, though he grumbled when some recipients wore
Ottoman and German medals. (illustration credit
ill.59)
High Commissioner of Palestine Herbert Samuel
(seated, centre) and Jerusalem governor Storrs
(standing, fourth from the right) host the religious
hierarchs of the city after a service to celebrate British
liberation in 1924. (illustration credit
ill.60)