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The period of anarchy following Khalid's death would be much briefer, and much more violent, than he had previously thought. Tallal ib'n Khalid would be flying from England even now; perhaps he had already left the plane to take refuge among the black tents of his father's Bedouins. The revolt at Damascus would break out before the end of the month; before the end of the year, the whole of Syria and Lebanon would be in bloody chaos, and the Turkish army would be on the march. THE PERIOD OF ANARCHY FOLLOWING KLID'S DEATH WOULD BE MUCH BRIEFER AND MUCH MORE VIOLENT THAN HE HAD PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TELAO EVEN KALID WOULD BE FLYING FROM ENGLAND EVEN NOW PERHAPS HE HAD ALREADY LEFT THE PLAIN TO TAKE REFUGE AMONG THE BLACK TENTS OF HIS FATHER'S BEDOUINS THE REVOTE OF DAMASCUS WOULD BREAK OUT BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR THE WHOLE OF SYRIA AND LEBANON WOULD BE IN BLOODY CHAOS AND THE TURKISH ARMY WOULD BE ON THE MARCH
, and at the same time finding that more "memories" of the future were beginning to seep past the barrier of his consciousness. He tried to dam them back; when he could not, he spoke with greater and greater care lest they leak into his speech. "I can't recall the exact manner in which I blundered into it. The fact that I did make such a blunder was because I was talking extemporaneously and had wandered ahead of my text. I was trying to show the results of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War, and the partition of the Middle East into a loose collection of Arab states, and the passing of British and other European spheres of influence following the Second. You know, when you consider it, the Islamic Caliphate was inevitable; the surprising thing is that it was created by a man like Khalid...." He was talking to gain time, and he suspected that Hauserman knew it. The "memories" were coming into his mind more and more strongly; it was impossible to suppress them. OD IMPRESSION UPON HAWSERMEN AND AT THE SAME TIME FINDING THAT MORE MEMORIES OF THE FUTURE WERE BEGINNING TO SEE PAST THE BARRIER OF HIS CONSCIOUSNESS HE TRIED TO DAMN THEM BACK WHEN HE COULD NOT HE SPOKE WITH GREATER AND GREATER CARE LEST THEY LEAK INTO HIS SPEECH I CAN'T RECALL THE EXACT MANNER IN WHICH I BLUNDERED INTO IT THE FACT THAT I DID MAKE SUCH A BLUNDER WAS BECAUSE I WAS TALKING EXTEMPORANEOUSLY AND HAD WANDERED AHEAD OF MY TEXT I WAS TRYING TO SHOW THE RESULTS OF THE COLLAPSE OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND THE PARTITION OF THE MIDDLE EAST INTO A LOOSE COLLECTION OF ARAB STATES AND THE PASSING OF BRITISH AND OTHER EUROPEAN SPHERES OF INFLUENCE FOLLOWING THE SECOND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU CONSIDER IT THE ISLAMIC CALIPHATE WAS INEVITABLE THE SURPRISING THING IS THAT IT WAS CREATED BY A MAN LIKE KALID HE WAS TALKING TO GAIN TIME AND HE SUSPECTED THAT HAZERMAN KNEW IT THAT MEMORIES WERE COMING INTO HIS MIND MORE AND MORE STRONGLY IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO SUPPRESS THEM
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