“One of the most important battles of the Arabian Campaign was fought at a place called Akaba [Aqaba], at the head of the Gulf of Akaba, which was King Solomon's seaport 3000 years ago. On the three sides Akaba is surrounded by high mountains, and on the fourth by sea. The Turks thought it would be impossible for the Arabs to ever take them by surprise.”
-Lowell Thomas
“With Lawrence in Arabia” (1919)
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