Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: E whakaatu ana te kiriata i te korero a Lawrence me te panui i te reo Arapi, ka taea te whakahua i te Koran, me te mohio ki te rohe. Kaore e tino whakahua ana i ana haerenga matauranga mai i te tau 1911 ki te tau 1914 i Hiria me Arapia, kaore hoki e aro ki ana mahi tutei, tae atu ki te rangahau topographic o mua o te pakanga o te Sinai Peninsula me ana ngana ki te whakawhitiwhiti korero mo te tuku i nga herehere o Ingarangi i
Ko Kut, Mesopotamia, i te tau 1916. I tua atu, ka mohio a Lawrence ki te Whakaaetanga Sykes-Picot i te mutunga o te korero, ka whakaatuhia he whakamataku ki a ia, engari i mohio pea ia i mua atu i a ia e whawhai ana i te taha o nga Arapi.