King Faysal of Syria in Homs in 1919. From left to right: Mohammad Said Agha al-Fayyad, Taha Pasha al-Hashemi (Faysal’s military advisor), a bodyguard, Omar al-Atasi, Ismail al-Harriri, the tribal head of Hawran, and Tahir al-Atasi, the Mufti of Homs.