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and World War I,
145

and Young Turks' nationalist rebellion,
108
–
9

Doughty-Wylie, Judith,
105
,
109
,
113
,
133
,
142
–
43
,
145
,
148

Druze,
21
,
72
–
74
,
76
–
78
,
79
,
94

Dughan, Khalil,
5

Edward VII, king of Great Britain, xxxi, xxxiv

Egypt,
156

Elizabeth, queen of Romania, xxviii

epigraphy,
41

Euphrates River, xii, xxxiii,
41
,
83
,
99
.
See also
Amurath to Amurath (Bell)

expeditions.
See
desert expeditions of Bell

Faisal I, King of Iraq, xxxvii, xli,
165
–
66

appendicitis attack of,
225
–
27

and Arab Revolt,
159
–
60
,
206
,
207

and archaeological work of Bell, xlii,
42
,
229

background of,
204
–
7

on Bell's committment, xiii

and Bell's final trip to Iraq,
244
–
45

and Bell's fluency in Arabic,
9

Bell's relationship with,
160
,
212
,
217
–
18
,
230
–
32

and British Mandate,
218
–
19
,
222
–
23
,
225
–
27
,
231

and the Cairo Bureau,
159

and Cairo Conference,
164
–
65

and constitution of Iraq, xlii

and coronation ceremonies,
214
–
17
,
218
,
219
–
20

death of, xliv

and death of Bell,
252
–
53

deposed, xl

as descendant of the Prophet,
204
,
210

and end of the Ottoman Empire,
159

European dress of,
233

and extremists and nationalists,
162
,
205
–
6
,
218
,
223
,
225
,
226
,
229
,
230

family of,
25
,
232
–
37

Florence's dinner for, xliv

and insurrection in Iraq,
227

and Iraq Museum, xliv

and Iraq National Assembly, xliii

as king of Iraq, xli,
207
–
27

as king of Syria, xl,
162
,
207

and Paris Peace Conference,
160
,
162
,
207

and self-determination for Arabs,
162

and Treaty of Alliance, xli, xliii,
218
–
19
,
222
–
23
,
225
–
27
,
231

Faisal II, King of Iraq, xlv

Fallujah,
89
,
215

fame of Bell

in Britain,
71

and death of Bell,
250
–
51

and desert expeditions,
71

and Lawrence,
166

for mountaineering,
28
,
29

and publications of Bell,
94

in Syria,
76

family life desired by Bell, xx,
63

Fattuh (servant), xxxiii

Bell's appreciation for,
70
–
71

and dangerous confrontations,
51
,
85
,
99
–
100

and donkey,
103

and expedition of
1909
,
82

and expedition of
1911
,
84
,
85

and expedition of
1913
–
14
,
87
,
88
,
116
,
117
,
127

health issues of,
108

and Lloyd George,
70

recruitment of, xxxii,
69
–
70

feminine refinement of Bell, xix

Ferdinand, Franz, xxxv

finances of Bell, xli,
41
,
190
,
247
,
248

Finsteraarhorn ascent of Bell,
26
,
28
,
29
–
30
,
34
–
38

FitzGerald, Edward,
12

fleas,
80
,
102

France

and Britain, xxxii

Damascus occupied by, xl

and Syrian mandate, xiv,
78
n,
162
,
208

and travels of Bell, xxx, xxxix

and World War I, xxxvii,
134
–
35

French Alps,
28

French language,
10

Fuhrer, Heinrich,
28
,
30
,
32
–
33
,
36
–
38

Fuhrer, Ulrich,
26
,
28
–
30
,
32
–
34
,
35
–
38

Georges-Picot, François,
78
n

George V, king of England, xxxiv, xliii,
251

Germany

German language,
3
,
10

travels of Bell to, xxxiv

and World War I, xxxv, xxxvii, xxxviii, xxxix

Gertrude's Law of Excavations,
229

Gertrudspitze (Gertrude's Peak), xxxi,
29

Ghazi, king of Iraq, xliv, xlv,
233
–
37

Gill Memorial Award, xxxiv

Green Howards Battalion, xxxv

Hafiz, poetry of,
4
,
11
–
17

Haifa,
21

Haldane, Sir Aylmer,
24

Hall, Captain,
149
,
152

Hamid, Abdul,
204
–
5

Hamlet
(Shakespeare),
14
,
122

Hardinge, Charles, xxviii,
156
,
157
,
158

Hayyil expedition, xxxiv, xli,
71
,
87

artifact acquisitions,
53

Bell detained in, xii, xxxiv,
89
,
128
–
30

and Bell's correspondence,
116
–
17

Bell's understanding of Arab tribes following,
152

dangers associated with,
115
–
16

and depression of Bell,
120
,
132
–
33

difficulties of travel to,
115
–
16
,
117
–
24

and expedition logistics,
116

and financial concerns,
126
–
27
,
128
,
129

and Founder's Medal of the Royal, xxxviii,
189
–
90

Muslim women of,
20
–
21

and photography of Bell,
130

and regional tensions,
115
–
16
,
117
,
127

return from,
130
–
31

health issues of Bell

from heat in Iraq,
188
–
89

in later life,
237
–
39
,
240
,
245
–
46

mountaineering injuries,
30

heat in Iraq,
188
–
89

Hebrew language,
3
,
10

Henley, Sylvia, xliii

Herbert, Aubrey, xiii,
152
,
158
–
59

Herodotus,
44

hillsides, structures built into,
48

Hindustani,
3
,
8
,
10

Hirtzel, Sir Arthur,
161

Hittite archaeological sites, xii,
49
,
81

Hogarth, David, xxx,
40
,
43
,
72
,
147
–
48

and Bell's travels, xxxvi

and the Cairo Bureau,
149

and death of Bell,
252

and grave of Doughty-Wylie,
152

on Hayyil expedition,
116

and Lawrence,
151

honors awarded to Bell

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), xxxviii,
159
,
189

Founder's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society, xxxviii,
189
–
90

Gill Memorial Award of the Royal Geographical Society, xxxiv

Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society, xxxv,
132

Prolegomena
entry,
42

horseback riding,
64
,
68
,
71
,
76
,
79

House of Rashid,
72

Howeitat,
77

humanitarian aid,
185

Hussein, Saddam, xv

Hussein ibn Ali, King of Hejaz, xxxvii, xliii,
160
,
204
–
6
,
232
,
234

Ibn Hadhdhal, Sheikh Fahd Beg,
22

Ibn Rashid, Muhammad,
116
,
125
,
128

Ibn Saud, xxxi, xxxiv, xliii,
132
,
232

and Hayyil, xli

and Mecca, xliii,
234

power of, xviii

and regional tensions,
115
–
16
,
128

treaty with, xlii

and World War I, xxxvii

incarceration of Bell, xii, xxxiv,
89
,
128
–
30
.
See also
Hayyil expedition

India

and Egypt,
156

and English women,
23

and language acquisition,
8

and Queen Victoria, xxvii

Industrial Revolution,
18

influenza pandemic, xxxix

intelligence work of Bell, xii–xiii, xxxvi.
See also
Arab Intelligence Bureau

Intrusives,
153
,
159
.
See also
Arab Intelligence Bureau

Iraq

Bell on political future of,
191

Bell's diminished role in,
229

Bell's role in founding of, ix, xiii–xiv,
254
–
55

British administration of,
155
–
56
,
162
–
66
,
176
–
97
,
218
–
19
,
222
–
23
,
225
–
27
,
229

and British School of Archaeology in Iraq, xlii, xliv, xlv

Cabinet of,
214
,
221
,
222
,
225
,
226
,
229

constitution of, xlii,
229

Cox's civil commissioner role in, xxxviii, xl,
164
,
179
–
80
,
194
,
195

declared a republic, xlv

elections in, xlii,
208
–
9
,
214
,
229

enemies of, xvi

extremists and nationalists of, xiv,
162
,
194
,
196
,
218
,
225
,
226
,
229
,
230
,
231

Faisal as king of, xli,
207
–
27

friends of Bell in,
20

heat in,
188
–
89

independence of, xiv,
179

insurrection in,
190
–
94
,
201
–
2
,
208