Gertrude Bell (78 page)

GLB working in,
276
–78,
280
–85,
288
–95,
298
–301,
302
–303

1919
,
289

GLB returns to work in,
316
–18,
320
–21,
323
–34

in
1920
,
323
–25

Hugh Bell visits,
1920
,
315
–16

GLB working in,
360
–64,
369
–76,
379
–82,
383
–85,
388
–96,
397
–98,
399
,
401
–406

Faisal in,
1921
,
373
–74,
375
–76,
380

with Faisal as King,
381
,
383
–84,
388
,
389
–99,
401
,
402
–404,
406

GLB in,
1926
,
409
–13,

GLB's house in,
275
–76,
404
,
412
–13,
ill
.

GLB's office,
284
,
383
–84

cemetery,
416

convent,
296

Faisal's palace,
388
,
392

Iraq Museum in,
xviii
,
410
,
411
,
415
–16

Jews in,
313
–14

Public Library,
379

GLB's work for women in,
72
,
316

Bajlan, Mustafa Pasha, Chief of Khanikin,
309
,
310

Balad, Iraq,
289

Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl, British Foreign Secretary,
353
,
355
,
356

Balfour, Col. Frank,
290
–91,
367

Balfour Declaration,
353
–54,
356
,
369

Bani Tamim tribe,
303

Baqubah, Iraq,
323

Barre des Écrins mountain, France,
78
–79

Basra, Iraq,
277
,
278

Sayyid Taliib in,
247

GLB working in,
256
–57,
258
–61,
262
–72,
274
,
339
,
342
,
387

under Turkish rule,
290

1917
,
289
,
300

Faisal arrives,
1921
,
373
,
374

Bayreuth, Bavaria,
76

Bedouin,
95
,
98
,
99
,
115
,
167
,
174
,
182
–84,
251
,
280
–81

Beg, Muhammad,
178

Beirut,
114
,
314

Belgrave Terrace, Number 10, London,
54

Belka plain, Jordan,
146

Bell, Ada (aunt of GLB),
5
,
9
–11,
12
,
14
,
99

Bell, Charles (uncle of GLB),
5
,
13
–14

Bell, Elsa (later Lady Richmond;

half-sister of GLB),
6
,
13
,
48
,
128
,
157
,
271

childhood,
19
,
25
,
46

Baghdad,
405

Bell, Florence (
née
Olliffe; stepmother of GLB): early life,
11
–12,
23
,
24

career,
10
,
24

meets Hugh Bell,
11

marries Hugh,
12
–13

GLB's childhood,
13
–27,
28
,
29
–32,
41

in GLB's youth,
33
,
41
,
42
,
45
–48,
54
,
55
–56

clothes,
15

social work,
33
–36,
70

and Henry James,
49

and GLB as adult,
136
,
139
,
235
–56,
295
,
297
,
312
–13

in WWI,
220

DBE.,
297

in
1925
,
407
,
408

after death of GLB,
418

correspondence with GLB,
21
,
28
,
30
,
38
,
43
–44,
47
,
55
,
56
,
96
,
99
,
106
–107,
118
,
129
,
130
,
160
,
170
,
180
,
224
,
229
–30,
232
–33,
235
,
236
,
241
,
246
–47,
269
–70,
271
,
272
,
275
–76,
286
,
295
,
297
,
299
,
304
,
312
,
318
,
325
,
329
–31,
334
,
369
,
379
,
386
–87,
392
,
395
,
403
,
404
,
405
,
408
–409

writes of GLB,
16
,
17
,
41
,
45
,
59
,
139
,
418

ill
.

WORKS
:
Alan's Wife
(play),
24

Angela
(play),
17

At the Works
,
33
–35,
70

Bluebeard
(opera),
12

essays,
23

The Letters of Gertrude Bell
,
17
,
414
,
430

Bell, Gertrude: birth,
8

childhood,
6
,
9
,
11
,
13
–14,
15
–27,
187
–88

school,
28
–32

university years,
32
–40

in Bucharest,
42
–45

as debutante,
45
,
46
–48

in Persia,
50
–57

in London,
1892–3
,
56
–57

mountaineering,
1897
,
74
–76

world tour with Maurice,
60

mountaineering,
1899
,
74
,
76
–79

in Jerusalem with Rosens,
67
,
96
–98

travels in desert,
1900
,
99
–109

mountaineering,
1901–2
,
80
–92

world tour with Hugo,
62
–64,
67

at durbar in Delhi,
61
–62

mountaineering,
1903–4
,
91
–92

desert travel,
1905
,
109
–10,
114
–21

archaeological work,
111
–14,
124
–25,
127
–29,
411

in England,
1907–8
,
131
–43

desert travel,
1909
,
110
,
112
,
120
,
124

desert travel,
1911
,
110
,
125
–26

in England,
1912–13
,
163
–65

desert travels,
1913–14
,
110
–11,
164
–69,
170
–93

in Hayyil,
194
–205

return to Baghdad,
206
–11

journey to Damascus,
211
–16

in England,
1914
,
147
,
217
–22

Wounded and Missing Enquiry Department, Boulogne,
147
–49,
221
–35

London,
1915
,
234
–37

in Cairo with British Intelligence Department,
160
–61,
239
–53

visits Doughty-Wylie's grave?,
157
–58,
160
–61,
247

on ship to India,
254

in India with Viceroy,
255
–57

in Basra with Chief Political Officer,
258
–72,
342
,
387

in Baghdad,
1919
,
274
–301

in England and France,
1919
,
303
–304,
312
–13

travels,
314
–15

at Paris Peace Conference,
305
–308,
311
–12,
347
–53,
354
,
355
–56

in Baghdad,
1919–20
,
314
–34,
359
–64,
361
,
ill
.

at Cairo conference,
1
,
366
–69

Baghdad,
1921
,
369
–76

at Ramadi tribal gathering,
376
–79

Baghdad,
1921–23
,
379
–82,
383
–85,
388
–98

Faisal's stories of,
385
–86

with father, meets Abdullah,
398
–99

Baghdad,
1923–25
,
399
–406

in England,
1925
,
406
–408

Baghdad,
1926
,
409
–13

Director of Antiquities in Iraq,
410
–11,
416

death,
413
–15

funeral,
416
–17

PERSONAL
: appearance,
42
–43

character and abilities,
26
,
30
,
31
,
39
–41,
49
,
73
,
74
,
121
–22,
136
,
139
–40,
143
,
257
–58,
413
,
414
–15,
417

portraits,
69
,
406

honours and awards,
69
,
285
,
297

tributes to,
414
–17

ill
.

RELATIONSHIPS
: with men,
139
–40

Cadogan,
52
–56,
57
,
164

Chirol,
44

Cornwallis,
401
–403

Doughty-Wylie,
129
–38,
162
–64,
167
,
171
,
246
,
296

Faisal,
389
–90,
395
,
401
–402

father,
16
,
41
,
106
–107,
163
–64,
170
,
247
,
304
,
316
,
408

with stepmother Florence,
22
,
26
–67,
41
,
246
–47,
297
,
408
–409

WORKS
:
Amurath to Amurath
,
124

The Arab of Mesopotamia
,
270
–71

The Churches and Monasteries of the Tur Abdin
,
125

The Desert and the Sown
,
120
,
130
,
182
–83,
184

diaries,
62
,
120
–121,
123
,
175
,
177
,
178
,
179
–80,
181
,
207

The Divan of Hafiz
,
57
–58,
59

letters,
see under names of recipients

The Palace and Mosque at Ukhaidir
,
124
,
169
,
176

Persian Pictures
,
56

poetry,
58
,
59
,
64

Review of the Civil Administration of Mesopotamia
,
293
,
310
,
329
,
371
,
445
n

“Self-Determination in Mesopotamia,”
307
–308

The Thousand and One Churches
,
125
,
127
,
131

Bell, Sir Hugh (father of GLB),
5
,
7
,
32
–33,
54
,
99
,
136
,
139
,
163
,
229
,
286
,
296

career,
7
–8,
9
,
20
,
33
–34,
121
–22

speeches,
8

first marriage,
9
,
16

second marriage,
10
–11,
12
–13,
23
,
163

in GLB's childhood,
13
,
14
,
16
,
19
,
21
,
26

in her youth,
30
–31,
32
,
54
,
55
,
59
,
61

mountaineering with GLB,
75

in France with GLB,
1919
,
303
–304,
348

visits Iraq,
315
–16,
318

in Paris with GLB,
1922
,
369

in Jerusalem,
398

in
1925
,
407
–408

1926
,
414
,
418

correspondence with GLB,
32
,
78
,
101
,
170
–71,
229
–30,
253
,
256
,
257
,
258
,
264
,
269
–70,
271
,
272
,
275
–76,
286
,
296
,
298
,
299
,
303
,
328
,
334
,
364
,
379
,
380
,
386
–87,
395
,
404
,
405
,
409
,
413