Talk:Battle of Jarrab

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I have reverted the reference to the effects of Shakespear's death. (I agree that 'changed the couse of history' was a bit dramatic.) However the article is a bit pointless without this note. The Battle of Jarrab was not significant in any way EXCEPT for the death of Shakespear.

Shakespear was the Empire's point-man and only real link to Ibn Saud. Had he not died, it is likely the British would have armed Ibn Sa'ud and he rather than Hussein Ibn Ali would have let the British proxy war against the Turks - i.e. T. E. Lawrence and all of that would never have happened and perhaps there would have been a film called 'Shakespear of Arabia' :)

This is an established view and it really was one of those turning points in history. This is a view accepted by almost all orientalist historians, which please see by consulting the references listed for the Shakespear article, and the sub references contained in those references.Mrhawley 08:19, 28 December 2006 (UTC)