Mr. Dryden was based loosely on numerous figures, including Sir Ronald Storrs, who was head of the Arab Bureau and later the Governor of Palestine. It was largely Storrs' doing that T.E. Lawrence first met Faisal and became involved with the revolt. The Dryden character was also partially based upon Lawrence's archaeologist friend D.G. Hogarth as well as Mark Sykes and Henry McMahon, who historically fulfilled Dryden's role as a political liaison. Dryden was created by the screenwriters to "represent the civilian and political wing of British interests, to balance Allenby's military objectives."
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