Iben Saud and the Middle East

The british played similar games throughout the region, arming, funding and encouraging those who would work with them. In egypt, which became a british protectorate after world war one, the rise of the islamist mass movement founded by hassan albana was at times an explicit threat to the british military presence in the country. The extent of british influence over the region during the post war period was, in retrospect, staggering. But the number of machinations, manipulations and shifting alliances that were required to keep this system of mandates, protectorates and puppet governments going was a sign that theBritish were powerful. Did not even wait until