{"id":1708,"date":"2019-02-17T12:46:53","date_gmt":"2019-02-17T12:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.typeandforme.com\/?p=1708"},"modified":"2026-06-25T13:21:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:21:34","slug":"one-of-lawrences-bodyguards-a-parasite-fellow-of-the-beni-hassan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.typeandforme.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/17\/one-of-lawrences-bodyguards-a-parasite-fellow-of-the-beni-hassan\/","title":{"rendered":"One of Lawrence&#8217;s Bodyguards &#8211; &#8216;A Parasite Fellow of the Beni Hassan&#8217;: Matar, Castle Hill Press, 1997. \u00a395"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KENNINGTON, Eric Henri.<\/strong> \u2018Matar\u2019. Fordingbridge: Castle Hill Press, 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colour print with calligraphic manuscript title and limitation, and printed artist\u2019s name and imprint below (338 x 257mm). Cardboard mount, as issued (500 x 400mm). A fine copy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"711\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.typeandforme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/11-711x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1663\" style=\"width:501px;height:722px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.typeandforme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/11-711x1024.jpg 711w, https:\/\/www.typeandforme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/11-350x504.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.typeandforme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/11-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/www.typeandforme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/11-243x350.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.typeandforme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/11.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>No. 59 of 225.\u00a0<\/strong>Matar served in Lawrence\u2019s bodyguard and was described by Lawrence as, \u2018a parasite fellow of the Beni Hassan, [who] attached himself to us. His fat peasant\u2019s buttocks filled his camel saddle, and took nearly as large a share in the lewd or lurid jokes which, on march, helped pass my guards\u2019 leisure. We might enter Beni Hassan territory, where he had some influence. His unblushing greed made us sure of him, till his expectations failed\u2019 (<em>Seven Pillars of Wisdom\u00a0<\/em>(London, 1935), p. 391).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawrence\u2019s bodyguard had been formed after the Turks had placed a price of \u00a320,000 (alive) or \u00a310,000 (dead) on the head of one of Lawrence&#8217;s co-commanders, El Zaagi. Lawrence recorded that, recruited by El Zaagi and his co-commander, \u2018a wonderful gang of experts grew about me. The British at Akaba called them cut-throats; but they cut throats only to my order. Perhaps in others\u2019 eyes it was a fault that they would recognize no authority but mine. [\u2026] I paid my men six pounds a month, the standard army wage for a man and camel, but mounted them on my own animals, so that the money was clear income: this made the service enviable, and put the eager spirits of the camp at my disposal. [\u2026] They would travel day and night at my whim, and made it a point of honour never to mention fatigue. If a new man grumbled, the others would silence him, or change the current of his complaint, brutally. They fought like devils, when I wanted, and sometimes when I did not, especially with Turks or with outsiders. For one guardsman to strike another was the last offence. They expected extravagant reward and extravagant punishment. They made boast throughout the army of their pains and gains. By this unreason in each degree they were kept apt for any effort, any risk. Abdulla and the Zaagi ruled them, under my authority, with a savagery palliated only by the power of each man to quit the service if he wished. Yet we had but one resignation. The others, though adolescents full of carnal passion, tempted by this irregular life, well-fed, exercised, rich, seemed to sanctify their risk, to be fascinated by their suffering\u2019 (<em>Seven Pillars of Wisdom<\/em>\u00a0(London, 1935), pp. 464-466).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kennington\u2019s original pastel drawing was given to the Tate Gallery by Lawrence in 1922.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00a395<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-headings-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#e4f6ff\"><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"click here to read the introduction. 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